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A  Record 

J 

of  the  Family  of 


ISAAC  VAN  NUYS 

(or  VANNIGE) 


of  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky 


son  of 

ISAAC  VAN  NUYS 

f  Millstone,  New  Jersey 

BY 

CARRIE  E.  ALLEN 

J91« 

I 


■ 

VANNUYS   FAMILY    HISTORY 


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"Let  the  young  generations  yet-to-be  look  kindly  upon 
this.     Think  how  your  fathers  left  their  native  land." 


"The  Peaks  of  Fame  are  very  fair, 

But  chill  with  ice  and  snow — 
So  let's  not  try  to  climb  up  there 
But  linger  in  the  valleys  where 
The  rose  and  lilies  grow." 


INTRODUCTION 


INTRODUCTION 


&-  -*,v  N  the  hope  that  it  may  incite  others  to  preserve 
/"  ^T  %  further  records,  this  little  pamphlet  is  published 
\  /**  ^as  a  very  slight  contribution  to  the  history  of  the 
\«^'  Van  Nice  or  Van  Nu^s  family»  as  tne  name  was 
written  by  our  not  very  remote  ancestors.  It  is 
still  so  spelled  by  many  branches  of  the  family. 

As  we  know  that  our  earliest  ancestor  in  America  came 
from  Holland,  we  suppose  that  he  came  from  the  village 
of  Nuis  in  that  country,  whence  the  name  Van  Nuis  or 
Van  Nuys,  Van  in  names  meaning  from.  It  is  only  a  few 
hundred  years  since  surnames  came  into  use,  the  individ- 
ual in  earlier  times  having  been  designated  by  his  birth- 
place or  occupation  or  by  some  peculiarity  of  appearance 
or  character. 

Theodore  Banta  says,  "As  is  well  known,  the  use  of 
family  names  was  not  common  among  the  early  emigrants 
from  Holland  to  New  Netherlands.  To  distinguish  one 
John  from  another,  for  example,  there  was  added  the 
baptismal  name  of  his  father,  usually  with  the  addition 
of  s,  se,  or  sen,  indicating  the  relationship.  Thus,  Epke. 
the  son  of  Jacob,  was  known  as  Epke  Jacobs  or  Jacobse. 
Jan  from  the  town  of  Wycke  was  called  Jan  Van  Wycke 
to  distinguish  him  from  Jan  from  Norden  who  was  called 
Jan  Van  Norden;  or  Jan  the  cooper  was  known  as  Jan 
Kuiper." 

If  the  early  settlers  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  had 
not  been  far  more  careful  and  conscientious  than  we  of 
the  present  time  in  the  preserving  of  records  of  births. 
baptisms,  marriages,  civil  contracts,  wills,  conveyances, 
etc.,  it  would  have  been  impossible  to  obtain  much  of  the 
data  upon  which  most  of  the  earlier  items  of  this  sketch 
are  based.  Their  family  records  were  kept  religiously  in 
the  family  bibles  as  well  as  in  the  church  and  town  rec- 
ords. 


VAN  NUTS    FAMILY    HISTORY 


Ralph  Voorhees,  writing  in  1S73.  says,  "In  these  bibles 
the  names  of  the  children  were  recorded,  and  as  they 
passed  away  the  succeeding  generations  registered  their 
names  beneath  the  first,  and  so  the  register  was  kept  up 
from  generation  to  generation.  Some  of  these  bibles  may 
yet  be  found  along  the  Raritan  and  Millstone  in  New 
Jersey,  from  150  to  250  years  old,  and  in  a  good  state  of 
preservation.  They  are  the  best  genealogical  records  of 
our  ancient  families  in  existence." 

I  greatly  regret  that  I  am  unable  to  carry  down  other 
branches  of  the  family  farther  than  they  are  here  given, 
but  have  inserted  what  data  was  obtainable — from  what 
ever  source — as  it  will  help  in  identifying  others  of  the 
family  wherever  we  may  meet  them. 

May  I  express  the  hope  that  any  into  whose  hands  this 
may  fall,  if  at  all  interested,  will  let  me  know  of  any  er- 
rors they  may  note  and  will  also  send  to  me  any  addition- 
al information  they  may  be  able  to  give  concerning  the 
families  mentioned. 

Much  of  the  credit  for  the  records  of  the  earlier  gener- 
ations must  be  given  to  the  work  of  Teunis  G.  Bergen  and 
Theodore  Banta,  whose  researches  among  old  Colonial 
Records  made  available  much  of  the  material  concerning 
all  the  early  Dutch  settlers.  The  Honeyman  records  were 
also  helpful.  I  am  greatly  indebted  as  well  to  those  of 
the  present  generation  whose  interest  and  co-operation 
have  made  it  possible  to  obtain  the  records  necessary. 


K      **» 


AUCKE  JANSE  VAX  NUYS 


FAMILY  HISTORY 


CHAPTER  I 

UCKE  Janse  Van  Nuys  was  the  common  ances- 
<¥  f^% tor  of  the  Van  Nuys  family  in  America, 
v.  (£•>'  ^  In  1651  he  with  his  wife,  Magdalena  Pieterse. 
^^F  and  some  of  his  children  emigrated  from  Hol- 
land to  New  Amsterdam  (now  New  York.)  He 
was  a  carpenter,  and  his  name  appears  in  numerous  early 
records  in  New  Amsterdam,  Brooklyn,  and  Flatbush,  from 
which  records  these  items  were  obtained. 

On  May  6,  1653,  he  sold  his  house  and  lot  in  New  Am- 
sterdam, and  in  1654  he  was  employed  as  master  carpen- 
ter in  the  erection  of  the  first  church  on  Long  Island,  in 
Flatbush,  near  New  Amsterdam. 

There  are  records  of  purchases  of  several  tracts  of  land 
in  this  region.  In  1673  he  was  appointed  Schepen  or  mag- 
istrate, by  Governor  Colve,  an  office  similar  to  that  of  ald- 
erman of  the  present  time,  and  in  1674  he  was  one  of  the 
representatives  to  the  "Convention  of  Delegates"  called 
by  the  governor  to  meet  in  New  Orange  (Albany)  after 
the  capture  of  the  Netherlands  from  the  British. 

His  name  is  in  the  list  of  those  who  in  1687  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  to  Great  Britain  after  New  Nether- 
lands had  been  re-taken  by  the  British.  A  fac-simile  of 
his  signature  is  given  in  Stiles'  History  of  Kings  County, 
New  York,  so  we  know  that  he  was  not  an  illiterate  man. 

He  was  three  times  married.  His  second  marriage  was 
to  Lysbert  Clausen  and  the  third  to  Gurtruyd  Jacobse. 

Of  his  nine  children  five  were  born  in  America.  The 
nine  were  Annetie,  Gurtruyd,  Janneke,  Jan,  Abagail. 
Pieter,  Jacobus,  Femitie  and  Ida.  Very  different  name? 
these  from  those  borne  by  the  descendants  of  the  present 
day. 

His  will  was  dated  May  15,  169  4  and  probated  in  1698. 


VANNUYS    FAMILY    HISTORY 


CHAPTER  II 

.  Second  and  Third  Generations  of  descendants  of  Aucke 
Janse  Van  Nuys  and  Magdalena  (Pieterse)  Van  Nuys. 
1_2  ANNETIE,  born  in  Holland,  married  in  1661,  Win- 
ant  Pieterse  Van  Eck,    and    second,    Derick  Janse 
Woertman. 
Children: 
1_3  Pieter  Winantse  Van  Eck,  born  Sept.  9,  1G63. 
2_3  Ariaentje  Van  Eck,  married  Turian  Vanderbevg. 
3_3  Altje  Van  Eck,  married  Jan  Bennett. 
2_2   GERT  RUYD,  married  1666,  Franz  Joosten. 
Children : 
1_3   Magdalen  Joosten,  born  1679. 
3_2  JANNEKE,  married  1666,  Reinier  Arendsz. 
Children: 
1_3  Aucke  Arendsz. 
2_3  Barbara  Arendsz,  born  1679. 
3.-3   Adrientje  Arendsz,  born  1682. 
4_3  Gertruyd  Arendsz.  born  August  27,  1634. 
5_3  Theunis  Arendsz,  born  March  29.  1696. 
4_2  JAN,  born  in  Holland.   He  came  to  America  with  his 
father  in  1651.     He  also  was  a  carpenter  by  trade, 
but  he  bought  a  farm  in  Flatbush  in  1681.     He  mar- 
ried in  1673,  Barbara  Provoost;  married  2d.  in  1680. 
Eva  Jacobse. 
Children : 
1_3  Aucke  Janse  Van  Nuys  was  a  deacon  in  Flatlands 
church,  but  removed  to  the  Raritan,  in  New  Jersey. 
Children : 

1_4  Barbara,  born  April  21,  1702. 
2_4  Jantien,  born  April  20,  1704. 
3_4  Jan,  born  April  3,  1706. 
4_4  William,  born  August  4,  1708. 
5_4  Aucke,  bap.  October  25,  1710. 
G..4  Ida,  bap.  August  25,  1715. 
7_4  Abraham,  bap.  March  23,  1718. 

All  this  family  were  members    of  the    Raritan 
Dutch  church. 
2_3  William  Van  Nuys,  bap.  Sept.  28,  1679,  in  New 
Utrecht. 

NOTE — The  first  figure  indicates  order  in  the  family;   the  second 
indicates  the  number  of  the  generation  in  America. 


SECOND  AND  THIRD  GENERATION 


3_3  Jan  Van  Nuys,  bap.  July  17,  1681.    Married  Lena 
Duryea.     A  Jan  Van  Nuys,  supposed  to  have  been 
he,  settled  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  in  1722. 
Children : 

1_4  Isaac,  bap.  March  9,  1708,  in  Brooklyn. 
2_.4  Jacobus,  bap.  Oct.  17,  1725,  in  New  Utrecht. 
3_4  James. 

All  three  above  lived  in  New  Jersey. 
4_3  Gurtie  Van  Nuys,  born  1682. 
5_3  Barbara  Van  Nuys,  born  April  12,  1685. 
6_3  Maria  Van  Nuys,  born  July  31,  1687. 
7_3  Isaac  Janse  Van  Nuys.  born  October,  1695. 
8_3  William  Van  Nuys,  bap.  February  5,  1699. 
9_3  Abraham  Van  Nuys,  bap.  February  5,  1699. 
(Twin  of  William). 
Children : 

1_4  Abraham  Van  Nuys. 
2_4   Maria  Van  Nuys. 
5_2  ABAGAIL.  married,    Leffert  Pieterse    of  Flatbush 
Long  Island.     She  died  in  1748,  at  a  great  age.    She 
reared  a  large  family  of  children  who  took  the  name 
of  Leffert. 
6.2  PIETER,  bom  Oct.  22,  1652.     No  further  trace  of 

him. 
7_2  JACOBUS.  He  married  April  26,  1685,  Maria  Wil- 
lemse  Cornel  of  Flatbush,  Long  Island.     He  died  in 
1710. 

Records  show  that  he  resided  in  Flatbush  from  1688 
to  1696,  but  he  afterward  settled  in  New  Jersey.  He 
did  not  remain  there,  however,  as  his  will  was  pro- 
bated in  New  Utrecht  in  1710.     The  will  give.-  the 
names  of  his  children  as  William  of  New  Utrecht, 
Johannes   or   Jan,   Aucke,   Isaac,    Magdalena,    Mar- 
garite,  Elizabeth,  Maria  and  Jacobus  of  New  Jersey. 
8_2  Femite,  baptized  March  12,  1662.     Married  Oct.  8, 
1680,  Jan  Stevense  Van  Voorhees. 
Children : 
1.3  Aucke  Janse  Voorhees,  born  May  21,  1682. 
2_3   Willemse  Voorhees,  born  Feb.  24,  1684. 
3_3  Jan  Voorhees.  born  May  2,  1686. 
4_3  Jacobus  Voorhees  ,born  March  24,  1696,  and  (sup- 
posed)  Roelof,  Albert,  Abraham,  and  Lucas. 
9_2  IDA,  married  Auke  Rynierse. 

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10  VANNUYS   FAMILY    HISTORY 


Children : 

1_3  Magdalen,  born  Oct.  23,  1698. 

2.3  Hendrick,  born  Aug.  11,  1700. 

Many  of  the  foregoing  names  are  familiar  at  the  pres- 
ent time,  but  I  have  not  been  able  to  identify  the  bearers 
as  descendants  of  these  persons. 


JACOBUS  AUCKES  VAN  NUYS  11 


CHAPTER  III 

Descendants  of  JACOBUS  AUCKES  VAN  NUYS,  (sev- 
enth son  of  Aucke  Janse  Van  Nuys,  the  first  settler)  and 
Maria  Willemse  (Cornel)  Van  Nuys. 

As  far  as  we  can  learn,  all  the  descendants  of  Jan,  one 
of  the  two  sons  of  Aucke  Janse  Van  Nuys  who  had  fam- 
ilies, remained  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  at  least  for 
several  generations,  as  did  also  many  of  the  family  of 
Jacobus,  the  other  son,  through  whom  we  trace  our  lin- 
eage. 

However,  some  of  Jacobus'  family,  who  settled  on  the 
Raritan  and  Millstone  rivers  in  New  Jersey,  by  the  fourth 
generation  were  emigrating  to  Kentucky.  So  we  of  the 
present  generation  of  Vannices  (in  Iowa  and  Nebraska) 
must  trace  our  ancestry  through  the  states  of  Indiana, 
Kentucky,  New  Jersey,  New  York,  thence  through  Hol- 
land to  France,  from  which  country  our  forefathers  fled 
at  the  time  of  the  terrible  Massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew  in 
1572. 

Jacobus  and  Maria  Van  Nuys  had  nine  children  (third 
generation  in  America). 

1_3  WILLIAM  Van  Nuys,  married  Magdalena  Joost.  He 
died  in  1771.     It  is  said  that  the  Van  Nuyses  now  in 
Kings  County,  New  York,  are  descendants  of  this 
William. 
Children : 
1_4   William  Van  Nuys,  married  Annetje  Verkerk. 
2_4   Maria  Van  Nuys.  married  Ferdinand  Van  Sicklen. 
3_4  Joost  or  George  Van  Nuys,  bap.,  Sept.  16,  1716, 
married  April  26,  1744,  Elizabeth  Emmans. 
Children : 

1_5  Sarah  Van  Nuys,  bap.,  August  19,  1750,  mar- 
ried 1781,  William  Van  Nuys  her  cousin. 
2_5  Wilhelm  Van  Nuys,  bap.,  March  8,  1752,  died 

1805.     Married  Nelly  Hubbard. 
3_5  Joost  Van  Nuys,  married  Jane  Vanderbilt. 
4_5  Elizabeth  Van  Nuys,  born  Feb.  2,  1762,  married 

Winant  Bennett. 
5_5  Johannes  Van  Nuys,  born  Nov.  25,  1763,  died 
Oct.  16,  1826,  married  Nelly  Lott. 


12  VANNUYS   FAMILY    HISTORY 


Children : 

1_6  George,   of  Flatlands,  born  Sept.    10,    1802. 
Married,  April  12,  1827,  Margaret  Ditmars. 

Children: 

1_7   Cornelia,  married  Holmes  Van  Brunt. 
2_6  Jeromus,  born  Jan.   2,   1805,   died  Sept.   29. 
1852,  married  Jan.  10.  1838,  Ann  Brinkerhoff. 
3_6  Eliza,  born  May  11,  1807,  married  May  28, 

1828,  Adrian  Bergen,  of  New  Utrecht. 
4_6  Lemma,  born  July  24,  1809,  married  Cornel- 
ius Suydam. 
5_6   Maria,  born  March,  1810. 
6_6  Eleanor,  born  Jan.   15,   1813,  married   1833, 

Tunis  Bergen. 
7_6  Magdalen,  born,  1816,  married  Couvenhofen. 
6_5  Jacobus,  died  single. 

7_5  Helen,  married  1764,  Jacob  Stellenwerf. 
4_4  Jacobus  Van  Nuys  of  New  Utrecht,  married  Sarah 
Rapelje. 

2_3  JAN  Van  Nuys.  married  1716,  Adriaentje  Wycoff. 

Removed  to  New  Brunswick,  N«  J.,  about  1727.  Will 

probated  1747. 

.Children: 
1_4  Jacobus  Van  Nuys. 

2_4   Margrietje.  bap.  April  23.  1725,  in  New  Utrecht. 
3_4  Lena  Van  Nuys. 
4_4  Elizabeth  Van  Nuys. 
5_4  Ann  Van  Nuys.  All  this  family  lived  in  New  Jersey. 

3_3  AUCKE,  married  1715,  Aeltje  Ammerman.  Resided 

in  New  Utrecht. 

Children: 
1_4  Catrina,  bap.,  June  23,  1721. 
2_4  Isaac,  bap.,  1732. 
3_4  Elizabeth  Griggs. 

4_3  ISAAC,  born  Oct.  20,  1695,  married  Catrina. 

This  Isaac  was  the  father  of  the  Isaac  whose  entire 
family  we  have  tried  to  locate  on  the  family  tree.  He  set- 
tled at  Millstone,  N.  J.,  about  1727.  We  do  not  know  the 
surname  of  his  wife,  but  know  it  was  Catrina  from  the 
baptismal  record  of  their  son  Cornelius,  which  reads  in 
the  list  of  baptisms  at  Millstone: 


■  : 


SARAH  A.  W.  VAX  NICE 
Wife  of   Peter  C.   Van  IVice 

(See  Page   160) 


AN  OLD  DOCUMENT  13 

"July  13,  1735,  Cornelius,  son  of  Isak  Van  Nuys  and 
wife  Catrina."  It  is  curious  to  note  that  previous  to  the 
Revolutionary  War  these  entries  were  all  made  in  Dutch. 

Carpenter,  in  speaking  of  Derrick  Hoagland  in  "The 
Hoagland  Family",  says:  "Pie  bought,  about  1721 ,  lot  6  of 
the  Hoolingen  tract.  His  land  lay  to  the  westward  of  the 
Millstone  river.  Retaining  the  eastern  part  of  the  pur- 
chase, he  sold  114  acres  of  the  western  part  to  Isaac  Van 
Nuys."  Then  he  goes  on  to  say  that  this  was  the  father  of 
the  Isaac  whose  wife's  maiden  name  was  Quick,  and 
whose  brother  married  Maria  Hoagland.  This,  together 
with  original  records  of  agreements,  and  notes,  receipts, 
etc.,  in  possession  of  S.  N.  Van  Nice,  descended  from  his 
son  Peter,  and  Charles  C.  Van  Nuys,  descended  from  his 
son  Teunis,  establish  our  line  of  descent  from  Aucke  Janse 
Van  Nuys  through  Jacobus,  Isaac,  Sr.  and  Isaac,  Jr. 

Children  of  Isaac  Jacobus  Van  Nuys  and  Catrina  Van 
Nuys  of  Millstone,  N.  J. : 

1-4  John,  born  1720,  in  New  York.  In  1741,  married 
Martha  Van  Arsdalen.  He  died  17(33,  having  re- 
sided most  of  his  life  in  Somerset  County,  New 
Jersey. 

Children: 

1-5  Jane  Van  Nuys,  born  March  23,  1743;  married 
Peter  Bergen  of  Somerset  County. 

2_5  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  born  1746;  married  Nelly 
Quick. 

3_5  John  Van  Nuys,  born  1750,  died  1780. 

4-5  Jacobus,  born  1753,  died  1836;  married  Cath- 
erine Ditmas. 

5_5  Cornelius,  born  1755,  married  Marv.  daughter 
of  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  his  cousin,  and  in  1791  emi- 
grated to  Kentucky  with  his  father-in-law. 

6.5  Catherine,  born  1759,  married  Brugan  Coevert 
of  New  Jersey. 

7_5   Maria,  born   1762,  married  Wm.  Terhune  and 
went  to  Kentucky.  (See  Chapter  IV.) 
2_4  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  born  Mar.  18,  1739.  died   1804, 
married  Vrouchie    (Flora)    Quick.      (For  further 
record  see  Chapter  V). 


14  VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


3_4  Jacobus  Van  Nuys,  married  Maria  Hoagland,  who 
was  born  in  1729,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Christo- 
pher Hoagland.    They  were  both  members  of  Har- 
lingen  church  in  New  Jersey.     He  died  in  1805. 
No  issue. 
4_4  Cornelius  Van  Nuys  was  born  July  13,  1735,  and 
went  to  Kentucky  when  he  was  about  sixty  years 
of  age.    We  have  been  unable  to  get  any  record  of 
his  family. 
5_4  Mary  Oakey  Van  Nuys,  married  Abraham  Heyer 
and  lived  in  New  Jersey. 
5_3  JACOBUS  VAN  NUYS,  lived  in  New  Jersey. 
Children : 
1_4  Annetie,  born  March  2,  1753,  died  Aug.  24,  1832; 
married  Simon  Lott. 
6_3  MAGDALINA. 
7_3  MARGRIETA. 
8_3  ELIZABETH. 
9_3  MARIA. 


WILL  OF  ROELOF  TERHUNE  17 


that  child  of  my  son  Albert  named  Roelof,  my  gun  and 
Great  Bybel.  To  son  Albertus,  all  that  farm  where  I  now 
live  and  the  meadow  mat  lies  in  the  Flatlands;  and  he 
shall  pay  150  pounds  to  each  of  my  five  daughters,  etc, 
etc." 

Roelof  Terhune  died  in  1761. 

GERRET  or  Garret,  2_4,  son  of  Roelof  and  Morretje 
(Wyckhoff)  Terhune,  was  born  at  Flatlands  Aug.  30, 
1709.  He  went  to  New  Jersey  and  married  Alice  Voor- 
hees,  daughter  of  Stephen  Coerte  Voorhees,  of  New 
Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  and  they  located  in  Somerset 
County,  New  Jersey,  where  he  died  Sept.  20.  1781. 

(See  Voorhees  lineage). 

1_5  STEPHEN  TERHUNE.  son  of  Garret  and  Alice 
(Voorhees)  Terhune,  was  born  in  Somerset  County,  New 
Jersey,  Nov.  27,  1735,  and  married,  Sept.  5,  1755,  Marg- 
rietje  (Marget)  Cornell,  who  was  born  the  same  day  as 
himselt. 

"Previous  to  the  year  1755.  there  is  nothing  to  help  the 
genealogist  in  the  construction  of  this  Terhune  record  but 
musty  wills,  deeds,  and  long-forgotten  court  records.  But 
with  Stephen  and  Marget  Cornel  Terhune  it  is  different. 
Faint  memories  of  them  still  linger  in  the  minds  of  their 
descendants.  It  has  been  remembered  of  Marget  that 
she  was  a  large  woman  of  a  pronounced  blonde  type, 
with  a  ruddy  face,  fine  blue  eyes,  plenty  of  freckles,  and 
a  lot  of  bright  red  hair.  The  type  still  appears  in  pro- 
fusion among  her  descendants,  even  to  the  sixth  genera- 
tion. Stephen  and  Marget  lived  on  a  farm  near  Harling- 
en,  New  Jersey.  *  *  * 

In  this  favored  region  they  lived  content.  Their  farm 
more  than  supplied  the  neecs  of  their  growing  family, 
and  they  took  life  easy.  Of  winter  evenings  they  sat  be- 
fore their  cheerful  fire  of  logs  and  read  their  Dutch  Bible 
by  the  light  of  tallow  candles.  They  spoke  both  the  Eng- 
lish and  Dutch  tongues,  but  they  attended  the  Dutch  Re- 
formed church  and  brought  up  their  children  in  that 
faith."  They  had  a  large  family,  and  their  family  Bible. 
which  is  still  in  existence  at  Blawenburg,  New  Jersey,  re- 
cords the  following  names  and  dates  of  birth  of  their  ten 
children:      (Terhune  Notation) 


18  VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


1_6   Garret,  born  July  25,  1756. 
2_G  WILLIAM,  born  Oct.  13,  1757. 
3_6  Stephen,  born  Feb.  22,  1760. 
4_6  Altie,  born  Aug.  29,  1762. 
5_6   Margrietje,  born  Jan.  25,  1764. 
6_6   Mary,  born  May  18,  1766. 
7_6   Cornelius,  born  Nov.  30,  1768. 
S-6  Eva,  born  May  12,  1771. 
9_6  Jeanethe,  born  May  5,  1773. 
10_6  Roelof,  born  July  3,  1777. 

Two  of  these.  Garret  and  William,  married  into  the 
Van  Nuys  family  and  so  are  concerned  with  this  sketch. 

Garret  Terhune  married  Catherine  Van  Nuys,  eldest 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Flora  Quick  Van  Nuys,  (see  fore- 
going), and  William  Terhune  married  her  cousin,  Maria 
Van  Nuyse  7_5,  daughter  of  John  and  Marie  Van  .Ars- 
dalen  Van  Nuyse.  John  was  a  brother  of  Isaac  1_4. 

William  Terhune,  altho  scarcely  more  than  a  bov  had 
enlisted  in  the  service  of  his  country,  against  the  wishes  of 
his  mother.  And  not  only  she,  but  the  object  of  his  ad- 
miration, the  daughter  of  the  widow  Van  Nuyce,  a  neigh- 
bor, watched  him  proudly  march  away,  and  anxiously 
awaited  his  return  after  an  honorable  record  in  the  War 
of  the  Revolution. 

The  first  twelve  years  of  William  and  Maria  Terhune's 
married  life  were  spent  on  a  farm  near  Harlingen,  New 
Jersey,  where  five  of  their  nine  children  were  born.  The 
nine  were:     (Van  Nuys  notation) 

1_6  Stephen  Terhune,  was  born,  April  15,  1782,  in 
New  Jersey,  and  while  yet  a  child  was  brought  to  Mercer 
County,  Kentucky.  Mercer  County's  beautiful  hills  were 
soon  dotted  with  farms,  and  before  she  was  a  quarter  of 
a  century  old  her  children  were  faring  forth,  ranging  the 
wilderness  afar  in  search  of  yet  other  beautiful  building 
sites.  And  Stephen  Terhune.  along  with  others,  thus  be- 
came a  pioneer  again,  even  before  emerging  from  his 
teens.  However,  not  land,  but  a  woman,  was  the  lure 
that  led  his  eager  feet  so  far,  in  his  ardent,  boyish  years. 

Among  many  other  Mercer  County  families  that  left 
their  first  location  in  Kentucky,  and  formed  a  second  col- 
ony in  the  "Low  Dutch  Tract",  in  Shelby     and     Henry 


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Counties,  were  the  related  families  of  the  Bantas,  the 
Vories's  and  the  Montforts.  And  it  was  for  Mary  (Polly) 
Montfort,  daughter  of  Francis*  and  Charity  (Banta)  Mont 
fort,  that  Stephen  Terhune  went  to  "The  Low  Dutch 
Tract",  and  it  was  she  that  he  claimed  in  marriage  in  the 
year  3  802.  She  was  born  in  Conewago,  York  County, 
Penn.,  March  3,  1776.  Her  father,  Francis  Montfort,  was 
born  at  Millstone,  N.  J.,  in  1746,  and  Charity  Banta  Mont- 
fort, was  born  in  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  March  3,  1749.  They 
came  to  Conewago,  Pa.,  in  1768,  and  to  Kentucky  in  1784, 
where  he  died  April  22,  1825,  and  she  died  Dec.  6,  1828. 

Stephen  Terhune  and  Pollv  Montfort,  were  the  par- 
ents of  JOHN,  Stephen.  William,  and  Patsy.  Of  none  but 
the  first  born  has  a  single  trace  been  left.  Stephen  Ter- 
hune died  Feb.  8,  1833,  in  Henry  County,  Kentucky. 

1..7  John  Terhune,  son  of  Stephen  and  Polly,  was  born 
in  Henry  County,  Kentucky,  in  1803.  He  grew  to  man- 
hood in  Henry  County,  where  in  1823  he  married  Susan 
Garret,  a  daughter  of  William  Garret,  deceased.  Her 
mother  Sarah  Cully  Garret,  after  the  death  of  her  first 
husband,  had  married  John  Vories,  by  whom  she  became 
the  mother  of  Hervey  Vories,  and  the  grandmother  of 
Caroline  Vories  Terhune.  Thus  John  Terhune  married 
the  step-daughter  of  his  cousin.  John  Vories.  In  the  year 
1829,  John  Terhune  brought  his  wife  and  three  small 
children  to  the  wilds  of  Johnson  County,  Indiana.  He  had 
been  well  endowed  by  nature  with  the  strength  to  seize 
and  subdue  the  wilderness.  "Like  some  viking  of  old, 
with  his  fierce  blue  eyes  and  flaxen  hair,  he  towered  six 
feet  four,  and  weighed  two  hundred  and  forty  pounds. 
He  was  a  typical  pioneer,  and  excelled  in  those  feats  of 
strength  which  in  his  day  were  the  measure  of  a  man.  He 

*N"OTE — Francis  Montfort  traced  his  descent  from  Peter  de  Mont- 
fort (I)  a  French  Hugenot  refugee,  living  in  Holland,  and  married 
to  Sarah  De  Blanchan,  in  Amsterdam.  Dec.  17,  1630.  They  came  to 
New  Amsterdam  in  1631,  where  he  was  a  planter,  a  magistrate,  and 
a  deacon  in  his  church.  He  died  Jan.  4.  1601  and  left  a  son  Peter 
Montfort  (II),  hern  in  1652  and  married  to  Maria  de  Luyster.  Their 
eon  Peter  Montfort  (III)  was  born  in  1681,  and  emigrated  to  Som- 
erset County,  New  Jersey.  He  was  the  father  of  John  Montfort  (IV) 
of  Flatlands  who  was  born  Feb.  7,  170  2,  and  was  the  father  of  Fran- 
cis Montfort  (V),  the  emigrant  to  Kentucky,  above  mentioned  and 
the  father  of  Polly  Montfort   (VI). 


20  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


loved  to  sing  ,and    so  powerful  was     his  voice     that  its 
echoes  rang  far  thro'  the  boundless  woods.     He  never 
prepared  his  fuel  a  day  ahead,  but  loved  in  winter,   (or 
pretended  he  loved)  to  spring  out  of  bed  and  stand  bare- 
foot in  the  snow  while  he  chopped  01T  the  logs  of  which 
he  built  his  morning  fire.     His  wife  died  in  March,  1859, 
and  he  then  went  to  Brownstown.  Ind.,  where  he  married 
Mrs.  Nancy  Costello,  Aug.  25,  1859.     He  died  in  1S73. 
He  and  his  first  wife  were  the  parents  of  twelve 
Children : 
1_8  William  Waller  Terhune,  born  Nov.  19,  1824,  in 
•     Henry  County,  Kentucky,  died  Dec.  18,  1854,  in 
Johnson  County,  Ind.     He  married  Sept  22,  1846, 
Mary  Ellen  Wright,  who  was  born  Aug.  29,  1826, 
and  who  died,  Nov.  28,  1857. 
2_8  James  Hervey  Terhune,  second  son  of  John  and 
Susan  Garrett  Terhune,     born     in  Henry  County, 
Ky.,  Oct.  26,  1827,  died  at  Chancellorsville,  Va.. 
May  3,  1863.    He  married.  Sept.  22.  1858,  in  John- 
son County,  Ind.,     Mary  Jane   Busing  Holeman. 
who  was  born  in  Virginia,  Nov.  1,  1827,  and  died 
at  Morgantown,  Ind.,  Aug.  12,  1867.  They  had  two 
Children: 

1_9  Alpharetta,  born  July  15,  1859,  who  was  mar- 
ried on  Mav  15,  1879,  to  Thomas  H.  Wrieht. 
who  died  March  23,  1881.  She  married  ~2d, 
Dec.  1,  1900,  Wm.  E.  Clayton,  from  whom  she 
was  divorced  April  1,  1903.  She  married  3d. 
Jan.  25,  1908,  William  Davis  Terhune,  son  of 
James  and  Eusebia  (Nay)  Terhune.  William 
Davis  Terhune  is  a  brother  of  Thomas  L.  Ter- 
hune. 
2_9  Douglas  Terhune,  son  of  Jos.  Harvey  and  Mary 
Jane  Terhune,  was  born  May  12,  1861,  and 
married  Amanda  Hilton,  Nov.  1,  1883. 
3_8  Martha  Terhune,  daughter  of  John  and  Susan  Gar 

ret,  married  James  Burke. 
4_8  Delphia  Terhune,  married  Elijah  Myers. 
5_8  Lucy  Terhune,  married  John  Burwell. 
6_8   Mary  Terhune  married  James  Detmore. 
7_8  Sarah  Terhune,  married  William  Park. 
8_8  Asa  B.  Terhune,  third  son  of  John  and  Susan  Gar- 
ret Terhune.  was  born  in  1838,  and  died     in  the 
army  in  1862. 


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9_8  Stephen  Rowe  Terhune,  fourth  son,  was  born  in 

1841,  and  died  in  the  army  in  1864  (?) 
]0_8  Nathan  Daly  Fairchild  Terhune,   fifth  son   was 
born,  Feb.  27,  1844,  and  is  now  living  at  Evans- 
ville,  Ind. 
11_8  Catherine  Terhune,  sixth  daughter  of  John  and 
Susan  Garret  Terhune,  was  born  in  1847,  and  died 
in  1884.     She  married  Riley  Snowden. 
12_8  John  Terhune,  sixth  son  of  John  and  Susan  Gar- 
ret Terhune,  was  born  in  Franklin,  Ind.,  in  1849. 
He  was  formerly  noted  as  a  boxer.     He  now  lives 
in  Indianapolis. 
The  military  record  of  this  one  family  of  six  sons  in 
the  Civil  War  was  notable.     But  a  few  months  after  the 
war  broke  out  James  Harvey  Terhune.  Asa  B.  Terhune, 
and  Nathan  D.  F.  Terhune.  volunteered  and  were  muster- 
ed into  the  service  as  privates  in  Company  G,  27th  Regi- 
ment of  Volunteer  Infantry,  at  Morgantown.  Ind.,  Sept. 
12,  1861.     All  were  brave  soldiers. 

James  Harvey  Terhune  was  promoted  to  1st  Sergeant, 
and  gave  his  life  for  his  country  on  the  battlefield  of 
Chancellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Asa  B.  Terhune  contracted  measles  and  died  in  a  regi- 
mental hospital  at  Frederick  City,  Md.,  in  December, 
1862. 

Nathan  D.  F.  Terhune  fought  at  Gettysburg,  where  on 
July  3,  1863,  he  lost  his  right  leg. 

Of  Stephen  Rowe  Terhune's  service  as  a  soldier,  little 
is  known.  We  only  know  that  he  belonged  to  a  battery 
of  field  artillery  and  lost  his  life  in  a  skirmish  somewhere 
in  the  state  of  Missouri. 

2_6  John  Terhune,  second  son  of  William  and  Maria 
(Van  Nuyse)  Terhune.  was  born  Aug.  19,  1783,  and  died 
March  28,  1860,  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky.  He  mar- 
ried Anna  Comingore,  March  1,  1806. 

3_6  William  Terhune,  third  son.  born  Nov.  3.  1786, 
died  Oct.  20,  1845,  at  Greenwood.  Ind.  He  married  first 
Rachel  Lowe,  Nov.  27,  1806  and  second,  Anna  Salter. 
April  2.  1821.  She  was  born  March  8,  1799,  and  died 
August  23,  1851. 

_  4_6  Martha  Terhune  born,  at  Harlingen,  Jan  23,  1789, 
died  August  13,  1822.  in  Mercer  County;  married  Allen 
Haines,  Oct.  19,  1811. 


22  VAX  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


5_6  GARRET  TERHUNE 

born  November  15,  1791.  (See  sketch). 

6_6  Isaac  Terhune,  born  March  17.  1796,  in  Mercer 

County,  Kentucky;  died  March  13,  1869,  at  Vermillion, 
Illinois;  married  Elizabeth  Shepherd,  March  18,  1815. 

7_6  Margaret  Terhune,  born  July  13,  1797;  died  July 
21,  1812. 

8_6  James  Terhune,  born  Jan.  14,  1801,  died  May  31, 
1884,  married  Jan.  11,  1823,  Parthenia  Pancake,  who 
was  born  Nov.  2,  1798,  and  died  April  2,  1884.  Both 
died  in  Brown  County,  Indiana. 

9_6  Ruloff  Terhune,  born  June  23.  1803,  died  June  13, 
1872,  married  Aug.  26,  1824,  Mary  Vermillion,  born  Sept. 
8,  1808,  died  July  1,  1864;  married  second,  February  9. 
1865,  Margaret  Brown,  born  March  7,  1806,  died  Sept. 
18,  1867;  married  third,  Lydia  Comingore,  May  28,  1868. 
All  of  Ruloff's  family  lived  and  died  in  Mercer  County, 
Kentucky. 

But  to  return  to  the  parents  of  the  foregoing: 

In  the  early  part  of  1793,  occurred  a  great  migration 
from  New  Jersey  to  Kentucky;  and  William  and  Garret 
Terhune  with  many  other  families  made  their  way 
thither.  They  went  by  wagon  to  Pittsburg,  where  they 
took  flatboats  and  dropped  down  the  Ohio  to  Limestone, 
(Maysville)  Kentucky,  whence  the  journey  overland  was 
made  to  Harrod's  Station  in  Mercer  County. 

"At  that  time  there  was  not  a  bridge  nor  a  steamboat 
on  the  whole  course  of  the  Ohio  river,  but  the  change  in  a 
century  has  been  inconceivably  great.  Three  months 
were  required  to  complete  the  journey  from  New  Jersey 
to  Harrod's  Station.  At  night  the  caravan  halted  at 
some  spring  or  stream  of  water  and  on  the  Sabbath  they 
rested.  Hunters  helped  to  supply  the  company  with 
food.  When  the  cows  were  milked  in  the  morning  the 
milk  was  put  into  teapots,  and  by  night  the  rough  jolting 
of  the  wagons  had  produced  butter  ready,  for  use." 

Soon  after  their  arrival  William  Terhune  bought  a 
tract  of  about  three  hundred  acres  on  Harrod's  Run,  and 
Garret  secured  about  the  same  amount,  three  miles  west 
of  Harrod's  Station.  Here  William  died  June  18,  1828, 
and  his  wife,  Mary  Van  Nuys  Terhune  died  Aug.  4,  1848. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  MARIA  VAN  NUYS  23 


5_6  GARRET  TERHUNE 
fifth  child  of  William  and  Mary  (Van  Nuys)  Terhune, 
was  born  at  Harlingen,  New  Jersey,  Nov.  15,  1791,  and 
was  brought  by  his  parents  to  Kentucky  when  only  eigh- 
teen months  old.  He  married  Nancy  Davis,  only  daughter 
of  Edward  and  Sarah  Davis,  Aug.  15,  1813.  She  was 
born  in  Tennessee,  April  9,  1794,  and  died  in  Trafalgar, 
Johnson  County,  Indiana,  Feb.  14,  1851.     They  had  12 

Children: 
1_7  Sarah,  born  Aug.  10,  1814,  died  April  21,  1896,  mar- 
ried,  Oct.  25,   1833,   Fielding  Utterbach,   who   was 
born  Nov.  23,  1809,  and  died  July  31,  1881.     Both 
died  in  Mills  County,  Iowa. 
2_7  Mary  Ann  Terhune,  born  Aug.  25,  1815,  died  Aug. 
5,  1842,  married  Henry  Utterbach,   May  13,   1832. 
He  was  born  Sept.   11,   1805,  and  died  in  Johnson 
County,  Indiana,  Nov.  21,  1886. 
3_7  Harvey  Terhune.  born  March  22,  1817,  married  Oct. 
31,  1839.  Susan  Wilson.    They  went  to  Missouri,  but 
no  further  trace  of  them. 
4_7  William  Terhune,  born  March  22,   1819,  died  Feb. 
3.  1880,  married  Deborah  Zook,  who  was  born  Mar. 
1,  1822,  and  died  April  10,  1895. 
5_7  JAMES  TERHUNE,  (See  sketch). 
6_7  Martha  Terhune,  born  July  3,  1822,  married  Sept. 
26,  1839,  William  Robert  Hunt,  who  was  born  Dec. 
14,  1818,     and  died     Aug.  20,  1886,     at   Trafalgar, 
Indiana.     Martha  Hunt  died  Jan.  9,  1908. 
7_7  Margaret  Terhune,  born  Aug.  7,  1824,  married  Mar. 
16,  1843,  Henderson  Ragsdale,  who  was  born  Nov. 
9,  1823,  and  who  died  March  29.  1913,  at  Trafalgar, 
Margaret  Ragsdale  died  Aug.  17,  1911. 
8_7  Lucinda  Terhune,  born  March  8,  1826.  died  Feb.  22, 
1901,  married  December  26,  1844,  Harry  Ragsdale, 
born  May  13,  1825,  died  Aug.  9,  1904. 
9-7  Ida  Riker  Terhune,  born  Oct.  5,  1829.  died  Feb.  9. 
1894,  married  July  13.   1848,  James  A.  Nay,  born 
March  3,  1828,  died  March  4,  1902,  in  Boone  Coun- 
ty, Indiana. 
10_7  Davis  Terhune,  born  in  Mercer  County,  Kv.,  Sept. 
23,  1831,  died  Oct.  5,  1877,  married  first,  on  Jan.  27. 
1854,  Cynthia  I.  Riker  of  Boyle  Countv,  who  died 
Oct.  2,  1854,  at  Trafalgar,  Indiana. 


24  VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


He  married  second,  on  Oct.  19,  1S58,  Mary  Jane 
Terhune,  daughter  of  William  and  Judith  Ann 
Bates  Terhune,  in  Johnson  County,  Kentucky.  She 
was  born  Sept.  16,  1833,  in  Boyle  County,  Kentucky. 
After  her  husband's  death,  she  married  again  on 
Sept.  2,  1890,  John  Brown.    She  died  March  8,  1908. 

11_7  Minerva  Jane  Terhune,  born  January  10,  1834, 
died  June  30,  1906,  married  on  December 
27,    1854,    Joel    H.    Hoback,    who    was    born    July 

25,  1835.  He  was  Captain  of  Co.  H,  57th  Regiment 
of  Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry. 

12_7   Obadiah  Terhune,  born  April  10.  1836,  died  July 

26,  1837. 

The  three  youngest  of  these  children  were  born  in 
Johnson  County,  Indiana,  whither  Garrett  and  Nancy 
(Davis)  Terhune  had  gone,  with  his  brother  James  in  the 
fall  of  1830.  Here  in  the  wilds  of  a  new  country  they  en- 
dured all  the  hardships  incident  to  frontier  life.  The  two 
families  lived  in  open  camps  until  a  double  cabin  of  logs 
could  be  built. 

"The  next  spring  the  first  and  second  plantings  of  corn 
failed",  writes  a  son,  "  and  the  third,  which  came,  was 
ruined  by  the  frost.  There  was  no  grain  for  the  stock, 
and  many  cattle  died.  The  horses  were  so  poor  that  they 
could  not  be  worked  at  the  plow  more  than  two  hours  at 
a  time,  and  time  had  to  be  allowed  for  the  grazing,  which 
was  their  only  means  of  subsistence."  But  this  condition 
of  affairs  was  not  peculiar  to  the  time  nor  the  place  ;  most 
of  the  pioneers  of  Indiana,  Illinois  and  Iowa,  experienced 
at  times  the  same  adverse  conditions.  After  the  death  of 
his  wife,  Garret  Terhune  on  Aug.  3,  1851,  married  Mrs. 
Jane  Forsythe,  who  died  Feb.  2,  1856  and  he  married 
again,  Sept.  4.  1857,  Mrs.  Nancy  Pickerel.  He  died  Jan. 
24,  1875.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  Protestant 
Church  and  in  politics  was  a  Democrat. 

5_7  JAMES  TERHUNE,  fifth  child  of  Garrett  and 
Nancy  (Davis)  Terhune,  was  born  in  Mercer  County  Ken- 
tucky, Feb.  3,  1821,  and  at  the  age  of  nine  was  brought 
to  the  wilderness  of  Johnson  County,  Indiana.  On  March 
17,  1842,  he  married  Eusebia  Neville  Nay,  who  was  the 
daughter  of  Asa  B.  and  Lucinda  (Whitesides)  Nay,  and 
was  born  in  Oldham  County,  Kentucky,  Oct.  11,  1825. 
Asa  B.  Nay  was  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Nancy  Nay  of  Cul- 


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pepper  County,  Virginia.  Samuel  Nay  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  War.     After  his  marriage,  James  Terhune 

thought  a  farm  west  of  Trafalgar  on  which  they  resided 
until  1882,  when  they  moved  to  Franklin.  Altho'  he  had 
had  meager  schooling,  and  that  in  a  log  school  house  with 
greased  paper  windows  and  heated  by  a  huge  fireplace, 
this  education  stood  him  in  good  stead,  and  he  became  an 
energetic  and  progressive  farmer,  and  a  public-spirited 
citizen  of  the  highest  character.  He  and  his  wife  were 
faithful  members  of  the  Primitive  Baptist  Church.  He 
died  Jan.  21,  1892,  and  she  on  Dec.  19th,  following.  They 
had  seven 

Children : 
1_8  THOMAS  LINVAL  TERHUNE,    born    April    17, 

1844.  (See  sketch). 
2_8  Asa   Garret  Terhune,  born  Sept.   20,   1846,   died 
March   17.    1898,  married   May  21,   1869,  Nancy 
Williams,  born  July  11,  1851. 
3_8  William  Davis  Terhune.  born  Aug.  11,  1849,  mar- 
ried first.  Sept.  16,  1873,  Sarah  Forsvth,  born  Dec. 
22,  1851,  died  Sept.  24,  1902.    He  married  second, 
on  Jan  25,  1908,     Mrs.  Alpha  T.  Clayton,     born 
July  15,  1859.     Mr.  Terhune  is  a  man  of  promi- 
nence in  his  community  and  represented  his  Coun- 
ty in  the  State  Legislature  in  1893. 
4_8  Lucinda  Margaret  Terhune,  born  Nov.  18,  1852, 
married  Oct.  23,   1872,     Samuel  Nelson  Schuck, 
who  was  born  Dec.  22,  1849,  and  died  Feb.  22, 
1896. 
5_8  John  Walter  Terhune,  born  May  5,  1856,  died  Oct. 

18,  1879. 
6_8  Erminie  Addie  Terhune,  born  Jan.  5,  1861,  mar- 
ried James  R.  Shank. 
7_8  Dillard  Webster  Terhune,  born  Jan.  7,  1864,  died 

November  7,  1865. 
1-8  THOMAS  LINVAL  TERHUNE,  eldest  son  of 
James  and  Eusebia  (Nay)  Terhune,  was  born  April  17. 
1844,  in  Johnson  County,  Ind.,  and  after  passing  through 
the  country  schools  he  went  to  the  Edinburg  High  School, 
and  Franklin  Academy  to  fit  himself  for  the  work  of 
teaching,  which  he  followed  in  that  county  with  great 
success  for  over  thirty  years,  an  unusual  record  for  those 
times. 


26  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


He  married,  Dec.  7,  1S65,  Caroline  Vories,  born  in 
Johnson  County,  Indiana,  Aug.  30,  1844.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Hervey  and  Alzannah  (Carter)  Vories. 
Hervey  Vories  was  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Vories  and 
was  born  in  Henry  County,  Kentucky,  Jan.  28,  1821.  He 
died  Jan.  11,  1903.    She  had  preceded  him  Jan.  17,  1898, 

John  and  Hervey  Vories  were  descendants  of  Steven 
Coerte  Voorhees,  the  common  ancestor  of  the  Voorhees 
and  Van  Voorhees  families  in  America,  and  who  came 
to  New  Amsterdam  in  16G0  in  the  ship  Bontekoe.  (See 
Voorhees  lineage). 

Hervey  and  Alzannah  (Carter)  Vories  were  the  par- 
ents of  eight  children:  Uohn  Rufus,  2  CAROLINE,  3 
William  Allen,  4  Emmeline,  5  James  Montgomery,  6 
Angeline,  7  Catherine  and  8  Hervey  Daniel. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife,   July  29,   1896,  Thomas 
Linval  Terhune  went  to  Whiteland  to  reside,  and  he  died 
there  Feb.  14,  1903.     They  were  the  parents  of  two 
Children : 

1_9  Rufus  Webster  Terhune. 
2_9  Violet  Vories  Terhune,  born  July  9,  1869. 

Rufus  Webster  Terhune,  M.  D.,  is  a  successful  practi- 
tioner of  Whiteland  .Indiana.  He  was  born  near  Samaria, 
in  Johnson  County,  Indiana,  Oct.  21,  1866.  After  gradu- 
ating from  High  School  he  taught  for  a  time  before  en- 
tering the  Kentucky  School  of  Medicine,  at  Louisville, 
where  he  received  his  M.  D.  degree  in  1891,  and  entered 
at  once  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Whiteland,. 
Indiana,  where  he  still  resides. 

Dr.  Terhune  is  a  member  of  the  County  and  State  Med- 
ical Associations,  and  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. 

He  is  the  author  of  "Historical  Sketches  of 
Medicine  and  Medical  Men  in  the  Early  Days  of  Johnson 
County,"  and  some  other  historical  writings.  He  is  an 
enthusiast  in  genealogical  research,  the  results  of  which 
he  has  embodied  under  the  title  of  "Albert  Albertse  Ter 
Huen  and  his  Descendants,"  from  which  the  foregoing 
sketch  was  compiled,  and  for  which  we  are  greatly  in- 
debted to  him.  In  religious  faith  Dr.  Terhune  is  affiliat- 
ed with  the  Presbyterians.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  the  fraternal  orders,  Modern  Wood 
man  of  America  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.    He  has  been 


DESCENDANTS  OF  MARIA  VAN  NUYS  27 


twice  married;  first  to  Mrs.  Lena  Enfield  Doran,  of  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky  on  June  21.  1892.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Bryant  R.  and  Catilena  (Creal)  Nail  of  Larue  County, 
Kentucky.  After  her  death,  Oct.  15,  1898,  Dr.  Terhune, 
on  Aug.  11,  1909,  married  Evabel  Robinson  of  Minneapo, 
lis,  only  daughter  of  Henry  and  Cynthia  Ellen  (Burr) 
Robinson.  She  was  born  June  6.  1878,  at  Lemond,  Minne- 
sota. She  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Minnesota, 
where  she  specialized  in  the  languages.  This  training 
and  some  years  of  travel  have  eminently  fitted  her  for  the 
varied  activities  to  which  recent  years  have  introduced 
her.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Alexander  Hamilton  Chau- 
ter  D.  A.  R. 

Her  paternal  grandfather,  William  Robinson,  was 
born  near  New  Romney,  Kent,  England,  and  he  came  to 
Ontario,  previous  to  1838,  when  he  married  Ann  Mat- 
thews. In  the  maternal  line  Evabel  Terhune  is  descended 
from  a  long  line  of  New  England  ancestry,  traced  to 
Benjamin  Burr,  who  came  from  England,  in  the  Winthrop 
Company,  who  landed  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  June  22, 
1630. 

Dr.  Terhune  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  three 
Children : 

1_10   Helen  Irene,  born  Sept.  7,  1910. 
2_10  Webster  Lucian,  born  Jan.  7,  1912. 
3_10  Stanley  Robinson,  born  Sept.  11,  1915. 

VORIES  LINEAGE 

Caroline  Vories  Terhune,  mother  of  Dr.  R.  W.  Terhune, 
was  descended  in  the  paternal  line  from  (II)  STEVEN 
COERTE  or  STEVEN  KOERS.  the  common  ancestor  of 
the  Voorhees  and  Van  Voorhees  families  of  America, 
who  with  his  wife  and  daughter  Merghein,  emigrated  in 
April  1660.  in  the  ship  Bontekoe  (Spotted  Cow). 

In  the  old  world  Steven  Coerte  had  no  family  name, 
but  when  he  began  life  anew  in  the  great  new  world,  he 
adopted  as  his  surname  the  name  of  the  village  or  com- 
munity in  Holland  from  which  he  came.  This  happened 
to  be  a  small  neighborhood  of  nine  houses  and  fifty  people 
near  Ruinen,  Drenthe,  Holland,  known  locally  as  "Hees" 
or  "Hies". 

The  father  of  Steven  Coerte  was  (I)  COERTE  ALBERTS, 
who  lived  in  front  of  "Hees"  or  before  "  Hees".  The 
word  "voor"  signifies  "before"  so  the  two  words  were 


VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


combined  into  the  name  "Voorhees".  The  prefix  "Van" 
meaning  "from",  was  often  used  and  these  three  words, 
"Van  Voor  Hees",  from  before  Hees,  thus  combined 
formed  the  full  family  name  of  the  descendants  of  Stev- 
en Coerte  in  America. 

Steven  Coerte  was  born  in  1600.  On  November  29th. 
1660,  he  bought  a  farm  of  31  morgens  of  land  at  Flat- 
lands  of  Cornelius  Dirckson  Hoogland,  for  which  he  gave 
3000  guilders.  His  first  wife  died,  and  he  married  sec- 
ond, in  Flatlands,  Willempie  Roelofse  Seuberg,  who  was 
born  in  1619,  and  died  in  1690.  Steven  Coerte  died  at 
Flatlands,  February  16.  1684.  Kis  first  wife,  whom  he 
married  in  Holland,  and  whose  name  has  not  been  pre- 
served, was  the  mother  of  his  children. 

His  son  (III)  LUCAS  STEVENSE  (VAN  VOORHEES), 
was  born  in  Holland,  in  1650;  came  to  America  with  the 
family  in  1660.  and  lived  at  Flatlands.  He  married  first, 
Katherine  Van  Noorstrandt;  second,  Jan,  26th,  1689, 
Jannetje  Mennis. 

His  son  (IV)  JAN  LUCAS  (VAN  VOORHEES),  of 
Flatlands  was  baptized  Feb.  19,  1675,  and  married  Ren- 
sie  Wyckhoff,  March  5th,  1704. 

His  son  (V)  ROELOF  (VAN  VOORHEES,  shortened  to 
Voorhees)  was  born  August  9th,  1707.  He  married  De- 
borah Cortelvou,  and  lived  at  Flatlands  until  his  death  in 
1782. 

His  son  (VI)  PETER  (PETRUS)  VOORHEES,  was  born 
in  1730,  and  married  Sophia  de  Bogart.  Other  data  are 
lacking,  but  they  left  the  old  home  at  Flatlands,  and  lived 
in  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  where  presumably  the 
following  children  were  born: 

1  Jacobus  (James),  March  17,  1751. 

2  Margaretta,  April  1,  1753. 

3  Neetje,  June  26,  1756. 

4  John,  5,  Jannetje,  6  Christina. 

7    (VII)  FRANCIS,  March  17,  1766. 

The  family  removed  to  Conewago,  York  County,  Penn- 
svlvania,  in  1768,  where  two  more  children  were  born, 
Helena,  June  3rd,  1770  and  Shram,  Oct.  11,  1772. 

PETER  VORIES,  died  in  Conewago,  and  in  1784.  the 
widow  Sophia  and  children,  in  company  with  the  related 
family  of  John  Banta,  started  on  the  long  journey  to 
Kentucky.      John  Banta  died  of     smallpox  while     they 


DESCENDANTS  OF  MARIA  VAN  NTJYS  29 


were  on  the  way,  and  later,  when  the  land  of  promise  was 
well  nigh  within  their  reach,  and  they  were  camping  for 
the  night,  a  terrific  wind  storm  arose  and  Mrs.  Banta  was 
killed  by  a  falling  tree.  When  the  remainder  of  the  little 
band  reached  Harrod's  Station  they  found  most  of  the 
best  land  in  the  county  already  taken  and  they  ultimately 
settled  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky. 

Her  son  (VII)  FRANCIS  VORIES,  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Catherine  Montfort,  February  1st,  1788,  in 
Mercer  County,  Kentucky. 

Catherine  Montfort,  was  born  at  Conewago,  York  Co., 
Perm.,  Sept.  22.  1772,  and  died  Jan.  3,  1857.  She  had 
descended  from  Peter  Montfort,  who  came  from  Holland 
to  New  Amsterdam  in  1631,  and  who  died  Jan.  4,  1661. 

After  the  marriage  of  (VII)  FRANCIS  VORIES  and 
Catherine  Montfort,  they  lived  for  two  years  near  Dan- 
ville, Kentucky.  They  then  moved  to  Shelby  County,  Ken- 
tucky, where  they  lived  on  the  farm  of  a  relative  for  ten 
years.  This  farm  had  been  bought  of  Squire  Boone,  a 
brother  of  Daniel  Boone.  May  19,  1800.  Francis  Vories 
bought  200  acres  of  land  of  the  commissioners  of  Patrick 
Shields,  on  the  waters  of  Mill  Creek,  in  Henry  County, 
Kentucky.  Here  (VII)  FRANCIS  VORIES  lived  and  here 
he  died  Feb.  22,  1843.  They  were  the  parents  of  twelve 
children. 

1  Sophia,  born  Feb.  3,  1789,  in  Perkins. 

2  Peter  H.  Vories,  born  May  22,  1791,  died  Oct.  26, 
1825.  Married  Mary  N.  Vories,  July  8,  1813.  She 
was  born  May  28,  1796  and  died  Oct.  17,  1885. 

3  Charity,  born  June  22,  1793,  married  William  Craw- 
ford. 

4  Francis,  born  May  3,  1795,  died  April  24,  1882. 

5  (VIII)  JOHN,  born  May  3,  1797.  died  Oct.  14,  1880. 
Married  Sarah  Cully  Garrett,  1819.  She  was  born 
Feb.  3,  1782,  died  Dec.  19,  1866. 

6  James,  born  June  22,  1799,  died  August  21,  1881, 
married  Elizabeth  Pyles. 

7  Mary  (Polly)  born,  April  3,  1801,  married  Elder  T. 
L.  Townsencl. 

8  Margaret  (Peggy),  born  March  11,  1803,  married 
Primrose  Yarbrough. 


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9  Katherine,  born  Aug.  17,  1805,  died  1891,  married 
James  Haydon. 

10  Eliza,  born  May  7,  1808,  died  1848,  married  J.  W. 
Thomas. 

11  Henry  M.,  born  May  25,  1810,  died  1876. 

12  Preston,  bom  Feb.  24,  1813. 

Nov/  (VIII)  JOHN  VORIES,  of  the  above  named  family, 
after  his  marriage  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Cully  Garrett,  was  the 
father  of  1.  Hervey  Vories,  and  2  Catherine  Vories. 

(IX)  HERVEY  VORIES,  only  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  Cully  Garrett  Vories,  was  born  near  Campbells- 
burg,  Henry  County,  Kentucky,  Jan.  28th,  1821.  He  was 
brought  to  Johnson  County,  Ind.,  in  the  autumn  of  1830. 
He  was  married  February  17,  1842,  to  Alazannah  Carter. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (McClure) 
Carter  and  was  born  near  Christiansburg,  Montgomery 
County,  Virginia,  April  1st,  1815,  and  came  to  Johnson 
County,  Indiana,  with  an  uncle,  John  Dusing  and  family, 
in  the  year  1838. 

After  a  long  life  of  usefulness  and  devotion  to  her  fam- 
ily, Mrs.  Vories  passed  away  Jan  17,  1898,  and  Mr.  Vories 
followed  her  to  their  long  home,  Jan.  11,  1903. 


AN  OLD  LETTER  SI 


CHAPTER  V 


ISAAC  VAN  NUYS 

ISAAC  VAN  NUYS(2_4)son  of  Isaac  (4_3)son  of  Jaco- 
bus (7-2)  son  of  Aucke  Jans,  was  born  Mar.  18,  1739,  and 
died  in  1804.  He  married  Vrouchie  or  Flora  Quick,  prob- 
ably a  daughter  of  Teunis  Quick,  one  of  the  early  Dutch 
families  on  the  Raritan.  They  were  members  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  Church  in  Millstone,  New  Jersey,  and  of  the 
same  Church  in  Kentucky,  to  which  state  they  emigrated 
in  1791,  as  the  following  letter,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
signers,  will  show. 

As  it  may  be  of  interest  to  his  many  descendants,  I  give 
it.  They  had  been  in  Kentucky  only  about  four  years, 
and  were  anxious  about  a  church  organization. 

They  had  settled  near  where  Harrodsburg  now  is,  in 
Mercer  County. 

TO  THE  CLASSIS  OF  NEW  BRUNSWICK. 

Believers  in  the  Lord,  Grace,  Peace  and  Mercy. 

Having  at  this  time  made  a  call  for  a  minister  of  our 
Low  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  by  the  consent  of  our  Low 
Dutch  Society  at  Salt  River,  Mercer  County,  in  the  state 
of  Kentucky,  we  hope  it  may  have  its  desired  effect.  There 
fore  we  do  in  the  name  of  our  Lord  desire  of  you.  our  Rev- 
erend Classis,  to  aid  and  assist  us  with  all  possible  speed. 

It  is  further  the  sincere  wish  and  prayer  of  us  that  in 
case  you  could  not  send  us  a  minister  agreeable  to  our 
wish — that  is  one  that  can  preach  in  both  English  and 
Dutch,  that  we  then  have  a  speedy  supply,  either  in  the 
Dutch  or  English  language,  to  establish  a  consistory,  to 
preach,  to  baptize,  etc..  as  there  are  at  present  upwards 
of  forty  children  to  be  baptized.  And  further,  as  we  are 
like  to  be  a  scatterede  people,  we  hope  a  speedy  remedy 
may  take  place,  as  our  desires  are  great,  our  case  is 
distressing,  our  church  affairs  and  religion  in  many  re- 
spects lamentable. 

Though  we  have  through  the  blessing  of  God  so  far 
united,  and  as  it  is  the  desire  of  our  society  to  send  us  a 
minister  who  can  preach  both  languages,  we  hope  we 
shall  be  blessed  with  such  a  man,  and  if  not  to  be  expect- 
ed in  a  short  time,  then  we  pray  for  a  supply  as  above 
mentioned,  and  we,  the  subscribers,  shall  reward  him  well 


32  VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


for  his  cost  and  trouble  ;  and  once  more  we  crave  a  speedy 
remedy,  as  we  have  reason  to  fear  that  we  will  soon  be 
scattered — which  we  hope  God  will  forbid. 

We  shall  add  no  more,  as  we  hope  that  God  will 
grant  us  His  blessing,  that  our  Rev.  Classis  may  aid  and 
assist  us  as  soon  as  possible,  that  our  society  may  be  estab- 
lished and  religion  flourish  in  this  and  all  other  places,  is 
the  sincere  wish  and  prayer  of  us,  the  subscribers,  chosen 
as  the  voice  of  the  people. 

Given  from  under  our  hands  this  13th  of  August,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord,  1795. 

Hendrick  Banta. 

John  Smock. 

Albert  Banta. 

Samuel  Durie. 

Garret  Dorland. 

Isaac  Van  Nuys. 

Cornelius  A.  Van  Arsdalen. 

Abraham  Brewer. 

In  November  another  letter  was  sent  to  Rev.  John  Liv- 
ingston, stating  their  condition  more  fully,  and  setting 
forth  that  members  of  another  denomination  had  been 
treated  with  more  consideration  of  their  needs  by  their 
church  authorities,  and  that  the  members  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  church,  whose  numbers  were  greatly  superior, 
were  becoming  a  reproach  on  account  of  their  staunch  ad- 
herence to  a  church  that  paid  no  heed  to  their  importun- 
ities for  a  pastor  at  "The  Head  of  Salt  River,  in  Mercer 
County,  Kentucky." 

This  letter  was  signed  among  others  by  both  the  father, 
Isaac  Van  Nuys,  and  father-in-law,  Lawrence  De  Mott, 
of  Peter  Van  Nuys,  Sr.  our  ancestor  who  afterward  re- 
moved to  Hendricks  County,  Indiana,  about  1830. 

Collins  History  of  Kentucky  tells  us  that  the  Synod  of 
the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  1796  sent  a  missionary, 
Rev.  Peter  Labagh,  to  the  Salt  River  country.  He  made 
the  trip  on  horseback  from  New  Jersey  to  Harrodsburg, 
about  seven  hundred  miles,  and  returned  in  the  same  way 
after  spending  several  months  in  Kentucky.  While  there 
he  organized  the  Dutch  settlers  into  a  church  and  in  1800 
they  were  able  to  build  a  church,  the  historic  "Old  Mud 
Meeting  House."  A  literal  copy  of  the  title  deed  to  the 
land  on  which  it  was  built  is  given  in  the  history  of  this 


THE   "OLD   MUD  MEETING    HOUSE"  33 


"meeting-house"  read  by  A.  H.  Scomp,  L.  L.  D.   (a  de- 
scendant of  one  branch  of  the  Van  Nuys  family)   on  the 
occasion  of  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  its  erection. 
A  curious  sounding  document, 

THE  TITLE  DEED 
begins:  "This  Indenture,  made  this  22  day  of  December, 
Anno  Domini,  one  thousand  eight  hundred,  between  Dav- 
id Adams  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  of  the  County  of  Merc- 
er and  the  Commonwealth  of  Kentucky,  of  the  one  pari, 
and  John  Van  Bryck,  Isaac  Vannice  and  Peter  Canine, 
agents  and  overseers  (and  their  successors)  of  the  Re- 
formed Church  on  the  Dry  Fork  of  Salt  River  in  Mercer 
county  of  the  other  part;  Witnesseth,  that  the  said  David 
Adams  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  for  and  in  consideration 
of  the  sum  of  four  pounds,  ten  shillings.  Virginia  curren- 
cy, in  hand,  well  and  truly  paid  by  the  said  John  Van 
Bryck,  Isaac  Vannice,  and  Peter  Canine,  the  receipt 
whereof  he,  the  said  David  Adams  doth  hereby  acknowl- 
edge (and  also  doth  hereby  acquit,  discharge  and  exon- 
erate the  said  John  Van  Bryck,  Isaac  Vannice  and  Peter 
Canine  and  their  successors  of  the  said  Reformed  Church 
forever)  hath  granted,  bargained,  sold,  aliened,  and  con- 
firmed, and  by  these  presents  doth  bargain,  sell,  alien, 
and  confirm  to  the  said  John  Van  Bryck,  Isaac  Vannice 
and  Peter  Canine  as  agents  and  overseers,  and  their  suc- 
cessors of  said  Reformed  Church  forever  all  that  Messu- 
age survey  and  parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and  being  in 
the  county  of  Mercer,  snd  Commonwealth  of  Ken^uckv 
on  the  Dry  Fork  of  Salt  River,  beginning  at  two  elms  on 
the  brink  of  the  Dry  Fork  thence  down  the  same  North  29 
degrees  West  Twenty  poles  to  two  Water  Beeches,  two 
Buckeyes  and  a  Hickory  on  the  bank  of  said  FoHv,  thence 
bouth  and  West  Twenty  five  poles  to  a  stake  between  an 
Ash  and  Hackberry,  thence  South  and  East  Twenty  poles 
to  another  stake  between  an  Elm  and  Hackbevrv, 'thence 
1 1  oegrees  East  Twenty  four  poles  to  the  beginning.  Con- 
taining three  acres  of  land  together  with  appurtenances, 
to  have  and  to  hold  all  and  singular  the  premises  etc 
etc.,  etc. 

This  was  one  of  the  earliest  churches  built  in  Kentucky. 
it  was  called  the  "mud"  house  as  its  walls  were  of  sturdy 
uprights  interlaced  with  sticks  and  mortar.  Thus  we  see 
that  our  progenitors  have  been  a  race  of  pioneers;  Aucke 


VA.\  M  1  6  FAMILY  HISTORY 


Janse  Van  Nuys,  as  we  have  seen,  having  been  master  car- 
penter in  the  erection  of  the  first  church  on  Long  Island. 
Isaac  Van  Nuys  of  the  third  generation  having  helped  in 
establishing  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  Millstone. 
New  Jersey,  and  now  Isaac  of  the  fourth  generation  this 
Church  in  Kentucky. 

Then  Peter  C.  Vannice  of  the  sixth  helped  found  one  in 
Indiana  and  some  of  his  children,  Samuel  and  Joanna  one 
of  the  earliest  in  Lucas  County,  Iowa. 

But  to  return  to  the  "Old  Mud  Meeting  house"  there  is 
now  ni  possession  of  S.  N.  Vannice  at  Russell,  la.,  one  of 
the  subscription  papers  used  in  soliciting  the  wherewithal 
(we  cannot  say  funds)  with  which  to  launch  this  church 
enterprise. 

I  give  it,  that  we  of  later  generations,  who  know  no 
measure  of  value  except  "the  almighty  dollar"  may  real- 
ize the  scarcity  of  money  in  those  pioneer  times,  the  hard- 
ships resulting,  and  the  resourcefulness  of  our  fathers  in 
the  face  of  such  disadvantages.  Doubtless  they  erected 
the  building  with  their  own  hands,  the  subscriptions  be- 
ing made  to  pay  for  material. 

CHURCH  SUBSCRIPTION  1800 
We,  the  subscribers,  promise  to  pay  to  the  managers  of 
the  New  Dutch  Meeting-house  on  the  Dry  Fork  of  Salt 
River  the  following  sumse  in  trade  viz.  such  as  schall  be 
put  apposite  our  respective  names,  on  or  before  December 
31,  One  thousand  and  8  hundred,  the  said  trade  to  be  de- 
livered at  Peter  Canines  on  Salt  River. 
Persons'  Names: 

John  Smock,  one  second  rate  cow. 
Isaac  Van  Arsdale,  one  second-rate  cow. 
Bernardus  Van  Bryck.  one  second-rate  cow. 
John  Conninger,  same  and  one  ewe  and  lam. 
Henry  Banta,  one  3  year  old  heifer  and  10  bushels  of  rye. 
Peter  Carnine,  3  pounds  sterling  in  trade. 
Cornelius  Van  Nuys,  24  pounds  in  trade. 
John  De  Motte,  15  pounds  in  trade. 
Henry  Vandiveer,  1  two  year  old  heifer. 
Peter  De  Motte,  a  fat  steer. 
Lawrence  De  Mott.  1  fat  steer. 
Peter  Van  Nuys,  1  heifer. 
Abraham  Van  Arsdale,  20  pounds  in  trade. 


1593338 

CHURCH   SUBSCRIPTION   1S00  35 


Simon  Van  Arsdale,  IS  pounds  in  trade. 

etc.,  etc. 

These  thing's  give  us  glimpses  of  life  (entirely  unfamil- 
iar to  us)  on  the  frontier  in  the  early  days  when  there 
were  few  roads,  no  markets,  no  railroads,  nor  telegraph 
or  telephone  lines  and  few  newspapers  or  periodicals — 
fewer  books.  But  it  was  a  life  in  which  the  graces  of  hos- 
pitality and  neighborliness  came  into  full  bloom,  and  the 
virtues  of  industry  and  initiative  and  self-reliance  were 
continually  fostered  and  reached  fruition. 

According  to  Collins,  Harrodsburg  is  the  oldest  town 
in  Kentucky,  and  in  1800  it  had  only  124  people;  so  this 
church,  altho'  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  state,  was  not  on  the 
very  farthest  frontier  of  Kentucky. 

Isaac  Van  Nuys  of  the  fourth  generation  died  in  Mercer 
County,  Kentucky,  in  IS 04.  Several  sale  notes,  yellowed 
and  worn  by  age,  but  still  legible,  are  held  by  his  descend- 
ants, and  are  of  date  Oct.  4,  1804.  The  administrators  of 
his  estate  were  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  Peter  Van  Nuys  (sons) 
and  Cornelius  Van  Arsdale.  The  administration  was  not 
completed  and  settlement  made  until  Sept.  17,  180G. 

Flora  Quick  Van  Nuys  survived  her  husband  many 
years,  dying  in  Mercer  County,  about  April  1,  1829,  as 
proved  by  the  following  receipt  held  by  Charles  C.  Van 
Nuys  of  Franklin  and  Winona  Lake,  Indiana,  grandson 
of  Teunis. 

"Received  of  Teunis  Van  Nuys  eight  dollars  for  mak- 
ing a  coffin  for  Mrs.  Van  Nuvs,  this  14th  day  of  April, 
1*29.     N.  G.  Fitzgerald." 

As  the  holder  remarks,  "This  amount  would  scarcely 
pay  for  the  nails  in  a  casket  now  days,"  and  it  illustrates 
the  increase  in  values  that  accompanies  a  more  complex 
society. 

Samuel  Noel  Van  Nice  has  the  original  of  an  agreement 
signed  by  the  heirs  of  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  who  lived  in  Merc- 
er County,  providing  for  the  comfortable  support  of  their 
widowed  mother,  but  they  were  remunerated  therefor, 
as  shown  by  receipts  for  board,  signed  for  different  years 
by  these  heirs.  Charles  C.  Van  Nuys  has  another  agree- 
ment, dated  Mav  15.  1*29,  which  begins, 

"ARTICLE  of  AGREEMENT  entered  into  this  day  be- 
tween the  heirs  of  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  deceased.  According 
to  appointment  they  met  at  the  house  of  Teunis  Van  Nuys 


36  VAN  NTUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  towit:  Peter  Van  Nuys. 
John  Van  Nuys,  James  Van  Nuys,  Henry  Van  der  Veer, 
married  to  Lana  Van  Nuys,  Richard  Carnine,  married  to 
Charity  Van  Nuys,  William  Terhune,  son  of  Caty  Ter- 
hune,  daughter  of  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  deceased,  Henry  Van- 
derveer  and  William  Terhune  acting;  for  Abraham  Van 
Nuys,  Peter  Van  Nuys  acting-  for  Polly  Van  Nuys,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Van  Nuys.  deceased,  Teunis  Van  Nuys  and 
James  Van  Nuys  acting  for  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  all  heirs  of 
the  said  Isaac  Van  Nuys,  deceased.  The  undersigned 
heirs  have  this  day  met  in  order  to  settle  the  estate  of 
their  mother  Flora  Van  Nuys,  deceased."  *  *  *  Terms  of 
settlement  follow,  merely  agreement  to  divide  the  estate 
equally.     Signed  by 

Peter  Van  Nice,  Henry  Van  der  Veer.  James  Van  Nuys. 
William  Terhune.  Tunis  Van  Nuys,  John  Van  Nice,  Rich- 
ard Canine,  Abraham  Van  Nice,  Isaac  Van  Nice. 

15th  day  of  May,  1S29. 

This  last  signature  is  of  a  later  date. 

From  these  agreements  we  learn  that  Isaac  Van  Nuys 
and  Flora  Quick  had  ten  children  who  married  and  left 
descendants:  Catherine,  who  married  Garret  Terhune, 
Mary,  who  married  her  cousin,  Cornelius  Van  Nuys,  Is- 
aac, Peter.  Magdalen,  who  married  Henry  Van  der  Veer. 
John.  Teunis,  James.  Abraham,  and  Charity,  who  mar- 
ried Richard  Canine.  None  of  the  Van  der  Veer  line  have 
been  located,  but  most  of  the  descendants  of  the  other 
nine  appear  in  the  following  records,  which  have  been 
grouped  according  to  families  instead  of  by  generations. 

For  Revolutionary  War  records,  see  Terhune.  Canine, 
Demaree,  and  other  ancestors  in  different  families. 

Inquiry  has  been  made  by  several  correspondents 
about  the  Van  Nuys  ancestors  in  the  Revolution.  There 
are  names  of  several  Van  Nuyses,  Quicks.  De  Mottes, 
Demarees  and  others  in  the  army  of  rosters  of  New  Jersey 
and  Pennsylvania,  and  one  Jacobus  Van  Nuys  from  New 
Jersey,  but  as  the  only  Jacobus  in  our  direct  line  was 
of  an  earlier  generation,  and  no  other  name  in  our  line 
occurs,  we  probably  had  no  Van  Nuys  ancestor.--  in  thai 
war.  But  there  may  have  been  De  Motts  or  Quicks,  as 
we  do  not  know  certainly,  the  names  of  the  parents  of  our 
maternal  ancestors  of  those  names  earlier  than  Lawrence 


JOHN    I'OGUE  WILLIAMSON    I>.    I). 

(See  Page   130 J 


VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY  37 


De  Molt..  There  was  a  Samuel  Demaree  in  the  army 
from  York  County,  Pennsylvania ;  and  almost  all  the 
Crmines  mentioned  herein  are  descendants  of  the  Peter 
Canine  who  was  a  sergeant  in  the  Revolutionary  Army — 
all  not  descended  from  Andrew. 

Millstone  was  in  the  British1  line  of  march,  and  consid- 
erable damage  seems  to  have  been  done  by  the  British 
troops  to  live  stock,  fences,  and  buildings,  on  their  way 
back  to  New  York. 

In  a  list  of  claims  for  damages,  Isaac  Van  Nuys  was 
awarded  40£  sterling,  and  Abraham  Quick,  son  of  Teunis 
Quick,  was  awarded  383£. 

Howe's  army  was  on  the  south  side  of  the  Raritan  at 
Middlebush  and  Millstone,  and  Washington's  was  on  the 
north  side  along  the  hills  there,  and  the  British  attempted 
to  destroy  all  property  between  Middlebush  and  New 
Brunswick. 

"On  Oct.  28,  1911,  a  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution   unveiled   a   tablet  and   marker  at 
Millstone  on  land  owned  by  Jacob  Van  Doren,  a  great- 
grandson  of  John  Van  Doren.     The  marker  is  of  concrete 
about  three  feet  high,  bearing  this  inscription: 
By  this  Route 
Washington 
with  his  army 
Retired  after  his 
Victory  at  Princeton 
January,  1777. 
erected  by 
Camp  Middlebrook  Chapter 
D.  A.  R. 

VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  INCIDENT 
The     following     Van     Nuys     family     incident     taken 
from    one    of   the    Somerset    County,    New    Jersey,  His- 
torical Quarterlies,  may  be  of  interest  to  some  branches 
of  the  family. 

"Four  or  five  brothers  of  the  Van  Nuys  family  came  to 
New  Jersey  about  1727.  One  settled  at  New  Brunswick, 
where  his  descendants  now  are.  An  Isaac  came  to  Hills- 
borough (Millstone)  where  Abram  Vcris  now  lives,  and 
Jacobus  lived  where  Joseph  Davis  now  lives.     A  party  of 


38 


VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


British  came  to  his  house  one  night,  called  him  out  and 
shot  him.  The  British  officer  then  in  command  at  Mill- 
stone, on  complaint  being  made,  caused  the  bodv  to  be 
taken  to  Millstone,  and  marched  his  men  around  it,  com- 
pelling each  one  to  touch  it,  under  the  superstition  that 
when  the  murderer  touched  the  body  the  blood  would 
gush  out.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  perpetrator  was 
not  discovered  . 


CATHERINE  VAN  NUYS  TERHUNE 


CHAPTER  VI 

CATHERINE  VAN  NUYS  TERHUNE 
Catherine  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 

(See  Terhune  genealogy.) 
1—5  CATHERINE  VAN  NUYS,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Flora  Quick  Van  Nuys,  was  born  about  1761  at  Millstone. 
New  Jersey,  and  married  there  Sept.  3,  1778,  Garret  Ter- 
hune, born  July  25,  1756,  oldest  son  of  Stephen  and  Mar- 
get  (Cornell)  Terhune.  They  lived  near  Harlingen,  New 
Jersey  until  1793,  the  year  after  Kentucky  was  admitted 
into  the  Union,  when  they,  with  a  large  company  of  others 
from  New  Jersey,  emigrated  to  Harrod's  Station,  near 
Salt  River,  Mercer  County,  Kentucky.  Here  he  bought 
about  three  hundred  acres  of  land,  which  they  developed 
into  a  comfortable  home,  and  here  they  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  their  lives.  "He  probably  went  to  the  relief 
of  his  invaded  and  ravaged  country,  as  did  his  brother 
William,  but  we  have  no  positive  proof  of  the  fact,  al- 
tho  a  musket  and  bayonet  of  Revolutionary  pattern  was 
left  to  his  descendants.'* 

He  was  drowned  in  Salt  River  Feb.  8,  1821.  The  sale 
oi  his  property  was  held  Feb.  26,  1821.  He  was  a  slave 
holder  in  those  early  days,  as  shown  by  the  following 
record  in  the  settlement  of  the  estate,  which  has  been 
preserved,  and  which  begins: 

An  inventory  of  the  appraisement  of  the  personal 
property  and  the  slaves  of  Garret  Terhune,  deceased,  late 
of  Mercer  County,  Kentucky: 

Articles: 

Negro  Tom $575.00 

Negro  Jeff 450.00 

Negro  Pollv 325.00 

Negro  George 200.00 

One  bald  sorrel  horse 50.00 

One  brown  horse 77.00 

One  bav  mare 60.00 

Scythe  and  Cradle 2.00 

etc.,  etc., 

All  reaching  a  total  of $2755.00 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  his  daughters'  names  do  not 


40  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


appear  in  the  list  of  legatees,  but  the  names  of  their  hus- 
bands instead,  as  Peter  DeMotte,  legatee,  Henry  Coming- 
ore,  legatee. 


Catherine  Van  Nuys  Terhune  lived  until  18 


>J:>. 


'In  the  old  Peter  Terhune  Family  burying  ground  three 
miles  west  of  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky,  there  is  a  rough 
sandstone  slab,  weather-beaten  and  moss-grown  on  which 
may  be  deciphered  the  roughly  carved  letters,  G.  T. ;  and 
this  is  all  that  remains  to  mark  the  last  resting  place  of 
Garret  Terhune,  Revolutionary  soldier  and  pioneer  of 
Mercer  County,  Kentucky." — R.  W.  T. 
They  had  ten  or  eleven  children. 
Children: 

1_6  STEPHEN  TERHUNE 
Eldest  child  of  Garret  and  Catherine  (Van  Nuys) 
Terhune,  was  born  May  28,  1779,  and  was  bap- 
tized at  Harlingen,  New  Jersey,  July  2,  1779.  He 
went  with  his  parents  to  Mercer  Co.,  Kentucky  in  1793. 
where  he  married  Elizabeth  Green.  She  was  born  Aug. 
20,  1780  and  died  Sept.  13,  1857.  She  was  a  woman  o: 
fine  proportions,  and  she  had  an  abundance  of  glossy 
black  hair,  which  never  turned  gray.  At  the  time  of  her 
death,  her  hair  was  as  richly  black  as  it  had  been  in  her 
prime.  They  lived  on  a  farm  near  Harrodsburg,  where 
he  died  Sept.  7,  1856.  His  grave  is  in  the  old  Stephen 
Terhune  family  burying-ground  near  Harrodsburg.  They 
had 

Children : 
1_7  Garret.  S.  Terhune,  born  Jan.  12,  1S03.     On  Feb. 
19,  1822,  he  married  Rachel  Cozatt,  born  Oct.  10,  1805. 
He  died  September  29,  1862.    His  wife  died  June  7,  1886. 
Children: 
1_8  Mary  Jane  Terhune.  born  Aug.  26,  1823. 
2_8  Margaret  C.  Terhune,  born  May  11,  1825,  married 

I.  W.  Tucker,  March  4,  1845. 
3_8  Stephen  S.  Terhune,  born  July  25,  1827,  married 
on  Jan.  6,  1867,  Anne  Jane  Terhune,  (Jinkie). 
born  March  29,  1843,  daughter  of  John  D.  Ter- 
hune. Stephen  Terhune  died  April  11,  1896.  Jin- 
kie Terhune  died,  1900. 

NOTE] — The  first  figure  indicates  order  in  the  family;   the  second 
indicates  the  number  of  the  generation  in  America. 


DESCENDANTS  GARRET  AND  CATHERINE  TERHUNE   4' 


Children : 
1_9  Harry  C.  Terhune,  born  Nov.  16,  1867.  married 
Hattie,  daughter  of  Isaac  Terhune.  She  was  born 
June  16,  1874. 
Children : 
1_10  Frank  Terhune.  born  Aug.  12,  1893. 
2_10  Ina  Terhune,  born  April  12.  1895. 
3_10   May  Terhune,  born  Aug.  5,  1899. 
4_10  Harry  Terhune,  born  Nov.  24,  1902. 
5_10  Nancy  Terhune,  born  March  10,  1906. 
2_9  Edgar  Terhune,  born  Jan.  26,  1870,  married  Eva 

Moss. 
3_9  Iva  Terhune,  born  Sept,  17,  1873. 
4_9  John   Terhune,  born   August  24,    1876,  married 

Lizzie  Westfield,  Feb.  23.  1897. 
5_9  Myra  Terhune,  born  Jan.  30,  1879. 
6_9   Grant  Terhune.  born  June  13,  1880. 
4_8  William  H.  Terhune,  born  Nov.  25,  1829,  married 

Nov.  23,  1854,  Eliza  Jane  Finnell. 
5_8  David  C.  Terhune,  born  July  1,  1833.  married  El- 
len Springer  Nov.  23,    1854.      He  died   Nov.   24, 
1900. 
Children : 
1_9  Hugh  D.  Terhune,  born — ,  married — 
Children: 
1_10   Virginia  Terhune. 
2_10  Beulah  Terhune. 
2_9  Ida  Terhune,  born — ,  married — ■ 
3_9  Lily  Terhune,  born — ,  married — 
4_9  Walter  C.  Terhune 
5_9   Guy  Terhune,  born — ,  married — 
6_8  Elizabeth  Terhune  born  March  5,  1836,  married 

W.  H.  Tumey,  Dec.  21,  1852. 
7_8  Anna  Jane  Terhune,  born  Dec.  6,  1837.  married 
Jerry  Tumey  in  May  1858.  She  died  March   13, 
1904. 
There  were  evidently  two  Jerry  Tumeys 
8_8  Isaac  W.  Terhune,  bom  Dec.  22.   1838,  married 
Sarah  C.  Van  Fleet,  Sept.  18,  1862. 
Children: 
1_9  Bowman  Terhune. 
2_9  Charles  Terhune 

3_9   Hattie   Terhune,    born   June    16,    1874.    married 
Harry  C.  Terhune,  son  of  Stephen  S.  Terhune. 


42  VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


Children: 
1_10  Frank  Terhune,  born  Aug.  12,  1893. 
2_10  Ina  Terhune,  born  April  12,  1895. 
3_10   May  Terhune,  born  Aug.  5,  1899. 
4_10  Harry  Terhune,  born  Nov.  24,  1902. 
4_9   Clara  Terhune,  married  Van  Fleet. 
5_9  Lee  Terhune,  born — ,  married  Jessie  Woolwich. 
9_8  Garret  Terhune.  born  Jan.  4,  1843,  married  Ann 
E.  Terhune  in  1864.     He  died  Feb.  12,  1897. 
Children: 
1_9  Laura  Terhune 
2_9  Price  Terhune 
3_9   Mildred  Terhune 
4_9   Margaret  Terhune 
5_9   Owen  Terhune 
6_9  Abraham  Terhune 
7_9  William  Terhune 
8_9  Lucy  Terhune. 
!_7  WILLIAM   G.  TERHUNE,  second  son  of  Stephen 
and  Elizabeth  Terhune,    and    grandson  of  Garret 
and  Catherine    (Van  Nuys)   Terhune,  was  born  in 
Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  June  6,  1804.  On  Nov. 
16,   1823,  he  married  Charlotte  Tumey,  who  was 
born  Oct.  4,  1805.  They  went  to  Franklin,  Indiana, 
in  1851,  where  he  died,  Dec.  15,  1859.  She  died  Jan. 
2,  1883.  They  had 
Children : 
1_8  Ralph  Terhune.  born  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky, 
Sept.  5,  1824,  married  Sarah  Ann  Gregor,  Feb.  2, 
1855. 
Children: 
1_9  Laura  Terhune,  born — ,  married — Grider. 
2_9  George  B.  Terhune,  born  Oct.  6,  1861  ,at  Frank- 
lin,  Indiana,   married   Laura   Watson,   Aug.   28, 
1889. 
2_8  William  Alva  Terhune,  born  Nov.  10,  1826,  mar- 
ried Feb.  22,   1848  Alice  Tumey,  born  Sept.  20, 
1824.     She  died  Aug.  22,  1880.     He  married  2d, 
Mrs.  Mary  J.  Terhune,  widow  of  William  Marcus 
Terhune,  on  Jan.  31,  1884.  He  died  Nov.  27,  1893. 
Children : 
1_9   Mary  Belle  Terhune,  born  May  24,  1848,     died 
Oct.  13,  1861. 


DESCENDANTS  GARRET  AND  CATHERINE  TERHUNE   4: 


2_9  Anna  Terhune,  born  Aug.  12,  1850,  married  John 

Rynearson,  Dec.  31,  1874. 
3.. 9  John  L.  Terhune,  born   May  24,   1854,  married 
Amanda  J.  Richardson,  Oct.  13,  1881.  He  mar- 
ried  second,   Ellen   Richardson,   Aug.   22,    1889, 
after  death  of  Amanda  J.  in  Oct.,  1886. 
Children: 
1_10  Roscoe  Terhune,  born  Dec.  28,  1882. 
2_10  Alonzo  Terhune,  born  April  5,  1886. 
4.9  Ellen  Sophronia  Terhune     born     Oct.  13,  1856, 

married  Samuel  Bryant  April  28,  1881. 
5_9  Jennie  Terhune,  born  Sept.   10.  1860,     married 

Charles  Yearslev.  She  died  May  30,  1889. 
G_9  William    Terhune,   born    March    31,    1862,    died 
March  26,  1883. 
3_8  John  Terhune,  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Ken- 
tucky, Sept  17,  1828.  He  married  Barbara  Ann 
Edwards  in  Franklin,  Indiana,  Aug.  25,  1856.  She 
was  born  Feb.  21,  1840.  He  was  a  painter  by  trade. 
He  died  on  Jan.  24,  1908. 
Children : 
1_9  Charles  Oscar  Terhune  born    March    31,    1858, 

died  Nov.  19,  1863. 
2_9  Franklin  Wayland  Terhune,  born  Aug.  1,  18G0, 

died  Nov.  11,  1863. 
3_9  Lily  Dale  Terhune,  born  March  13,  1862,  mar- 
ried Ora  Ellsworth  Williams  on  Jan.  18,  1894. 
Children : 
1_10  Estelle  Oneida  Williams,  born  Dec.  4,  1895. 
2_10  Barbara  Lucretia  Williams,  born  Nov.3,1899. 
3_10   Charlotte  May  Williams,  born  March  5,  1903. 
4_9  Avery  C.  Terhune,  born  Nov.  15,  1864,  married 
Nellie  Woods  in  1902. 
1-10  Paul  Avery  Terhune,  born  Aug.  12,  1907. 
5_9  Sidney  Terhune.  born  June  21,  1867,     married 
Laura  Roberts.  June  21,  1892.  They  had  one  child 
1-10   Clarence    Roberts    Terhune,    born    Oct.    29, 
1895. 
6_9  Bertie  Terhune,  born  Sept  15,   1877,  died  Dec. 

2,  1877. 
7_9  Leota  Terhune,  born  Sept.  22,   1879,  died  July 
20,  1908. 


44  VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


4_8  Charles  Terhune,  born  March  10,  1831,  died  Jan. 
27,  1865. 

5_8  Andrew  Terhune.     born  Oct.  31,  1834,     married 
Zerelda  Harlow,  May  28,  1856,  died  Nov. 20,  18S0. 
Children : 
1_9  Addie  Terhune. 
2_9  Nathaniel  Terhune. 
3_9  Charles  O.  Terhune. 
4..9  Amanda  Terhune. 
6_8   Mary  A.  Terhune  ,born  March  21,  1841,  married 
John  Burnett,  Jan.  21,  1856. 
3_7  ISAAC  TERHUNE,  third  son  of  Stephen  and  Eliza- 
beth (Green)  Terhune,  was  born  Jan.  23,  1806,  in 
Mercer  County,   Kentucky,  and   Oct.    15,   1829   he 
married  Sarah  VanArsdall,  who  was  born  April  20, 
1812,  and  who  died  Nov.  19,  1887.  Isaac  Terhune 
died  April  18,  1887.     He  was  by  trade     a  wagon 
maker,  but  owned  a  farm  of  200  acres  west  of  Har- 
rodsburg,  where  he  spent  his  life.  He  was  a  dark 
complexioned  man  with  black  eyes  and  hair,  about 
six  feet  tall,  slender  of  build  and  erect  in  carriage. 
He  was  a  slave  owner,  and  in  politics  a  Democrat. 
He  and  his  wife  were  Methodists  in  religious  belief. 
Children: 

1_8   Dorinda  Terhune,  born  April  20,   1831,  married 

Louis  James. 
2_8   Mary  Adeline  Terhune,  born  March  24,  1833,  mar 

ried  Daniel  Stagg.  She  died  in  1863  or  1864. 
3_8  Locke  Terhune,  was  born  Aug.  6,  1835  in  Mercer 
County,  Kentucky.  He  went  to  LaFayette  County, 
Missouri,  in  1862,  and  married  there  Mary  Rainey 
on  Oct.  3,  1876.     He  was  a  prosperous  and  influ- 
ential citizen  and  a  man  of  sterling  worth.  He  left 
his  widow  a  fine  farm  of  six  hundred  acres,  with  a 
modern  home  on  the  State  Highway,  the  Sante  Fe 
Trail,    near   Lexington,    Missouri.    This   farm   she 
herself  has  conducted  since  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band, June  12,  1893.     Here  were  born  their  five 
Children: 
1_9  Alice  Terhune,  born  Aug.  18,  1877,  married  Nov. 
14,  1896  to  Oswald  Winkler  of  the  Winkier  Fur- 
niture Company  in  Lexington.  No  children. 


PROF.  CLAUDE  CORNELIUS  VAX  XUYS 

Now    at    the    head    of    the    Department    ol 
Physics,   Colorado   State  School  of  Mines. 


(See   Page    135) 


DESCENDANTS  GARRET  AND  CATHERINE  TERHUNE   4 


2_9  Maud  Terhune,  born  April   11,   18S0,     married 
April  10,  1901  to  Harry  Caldwell.  They  live  on  a 
farm  near  Lexington,  Missouri.  No  children. 
3_9  James  Terhune.  born  Sept.  23,   1882,     married 
Aug.  8,  1908,  Effie  Marquis  of  Lexington.  He  is  a 
farmer  near  that  place.  They  have 
Children : 
1_10  James  Terhune  Jr. 
2_10  Edward  Terhune. 
4_9   Myrtle  Terhune,  born   Oct.  30,   1885,     married 
Lynn  B.  Gordon  in  1907.     He  was  County  Col- 
lector of  LaFayette  Countv.     She  died  April  28, 
1908. 
5_9  Cleveland  Terhune  born  Sept.  22,  1887,  married 
Feb.  18,  1910,  Minnie  Stone  of  Liberty.  Missouri. 
He  is  a  traveling  salesman  and  lives  at  Lexington. 
4-8  Henry   Clay  Terhune,   born   Dec.  26,    1838,  near 
Harrodsburg,  Kentucky,  married  on  Oct.  8,  1861, 
Lucy  B.  Finnell,  who  was  born  Oct.  8,  1841.  They 
moved  to  Missouri,  but  in  1863  returned  to  Ken- 
tucky, and   lived   at  first  near  Harrodsburg.     He 
now  resides  at  Salvisa.  Mercer  County,  Kentucky, 
where  Mrs.  Terhune  died  Jan.  7,  191L 
1_9  Etta  Terhune,  born  July  28,  1862,  died  in  March, 

1863. 
2_9  Jonnie  Terhune,     born     July  26,  1863,     died  in 

March  1866. 
3_9  William  Logan  Terhune.  born  March  15,  1865. 
married  Lizzie  Bunton.  They  live  at  Salvisa,  Ken- 
tucky, where  he  is  a  farmer.  In  religion  they  are 
Presbyterians;  in  politics  Democratic;  no  child- 
ren. 
4_9  Dora  Terhune,  born  July  23,  1866,  married  Lee 
Coleman  Aug.  19.  1882,  in  Cincinnati.  They  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  live  at 
Harrodsburg.  where  he  is  in  the  U.  S.  Mail  ser- 
vice. No  children. 
5_9  Frederick  Gray  Terhune,  born  March  12,  1868. 
married.  Oct.  8,  1890.  Mary  Hall  Wilson.  They 
live  at  Salvisa,  Kentucky,  where  he  is  a  farmer 
and  an  undertaker.  They  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  are  affiliated  with  the 
Democratic  party.     They  had  two 


46  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


Children : 
1_10  Lvle  Terhune,  born  Feb.  21,  1892,  died  April 

2,  1894. 
2_10  Earl  Taylor  Terhune,  born  March  21,  1894, 
who  is  unmarried. 
6_9   Myrtle  Lyle  Terhune,  born  Jan.  11,  1870,  mar- 
ried to  Edward  V.  Wilson  Nov.  16.  1892,  in  Sal- 
visa.   They  lived  at  Danville,  Kentucky,  where  he 
is  in  the  internal  revenue  service.  They  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Children : 
1_10   Mary  Louise,  born  Dec.  29.  1897. 
2_10   Ruth  Bohm,  born  Oct.  31.  1898. 
5_8  Monroe  Terhune,  born  Mar.  8    1840,  died,  March 

18,  1855. 
6_8  Madison  Terhune,  born,  April  27,  1842,  married 

— ,  no  children.     He  died  March  31,  1881. 
7_8  Drusilla  Terhune,  born  Aug.  1,  1844,  married  to 
John  Irvin.     They  lived  in  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
where  she  died. 
8_8  Taylor    Terhune,    born    Oct.    20,    1846,    married 
Louise  Wollaston.  They  live  at  Danville,  Ky. 
Children : 
1_9  Font  Terhune. 
2_9   Kyle  Terhune. 
3_9   Frances  Terhune. 
9_8  Stephen  Terhune,   born  April  20,   1849,  married 
Ophelia  Brewer.     They  live  at  Van  Arsdall,  Ky. 
Children: 
1_9  Howard  Terhune,  married — ,  Brown. 
2_9  Winifred  Terhune,     married     James  Ingerman. 
Thev  live  at  Harrodsburg. 
10_8  Sarah  Elizabeth  Terhune,  born,   May   18,   1852, 

never  married.  Lives  at  Salvisa,  Kentucky. 
11_8  Catherine  Terhune,  born  Oct.  31,  1854,  married 
W.  S.  Wollaston.  They  lived  at  3320  Western 
Parkway,  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  she  died 
in  January,  1916.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  They  have  one  son,  C.  T. 
Wollaston  of  Louisville. 
12_8  Georgia  Terhune,  born  July  1,  1857,  married 
Andrew  Hampton.     She  died  April  3,  1898. 


DESCENDANTS  GARRET  AND  CATHERINE   TERHUNE      47 


L.7  Catherine  Terhune,  daughter  of  Stephen,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Garret  and  Catherine  (Van  Nuys)  Ter- 
hune, was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  July 
14,  1807,  and  was  married  on   March  12,   1831  to 
John  B.  Van  Arsdall.     He  died  in  1852.     She  died, 
April  10,  1868. 
Children: 
1_8   Mary  Van  Arsdall,  born  Feb.  22,  1833,  married 
1st,  Wardle  Williams,  2d,  Joseph  Martz.     They 
live  at  Shelbyville,  Indiana,  and  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Church.  No  children. 
2_8  Stephen  Van  Arsdall,  born  in  Mercer  County,  Ken- 
tucky, Nov.   14,   1834,  married  Mary  C.  Voris  in 
1855,   at   Franklin.   Indiana.      She   died   in    1868, 
and  he  married  2d,  Martha  Voris,  who  died  on — . 
He  is  living  at  Kokomo,  Indiana.  They  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Children:   (bv  first  wife.) 

1_9  William  Van  Arsdall,  born  July  8,  1856  in  John- 
son County,  Indiana,  married  Belle  White  June 
29,  1915.  They  live  on  a  farm  near  Kokomo. 
2_9  Kitty  Jane  Van  Arsdall,  born  April  9,  1858, 
married  John  Dolen  in  Kokomo,  July  5,  1874. 
To  this  union  were  born  three 
Children: 

1_10   Gertrude  Dolen,  who  married  James  Voris, 

of  Tipton,  Indiana.     She  died  Dec.  29,  1914. 

2_10  Maud  Dolen,  who  married  Marion  Passwait- 

er.    He  is  a  farmer  near  Curtisville,  Indiana. 

Thev  have  three  children. 

1_11   Delcie  Dee  Passwaiter,  born  Feb. 23, 1903. 

2_11   Zethel  Gertrude  Passwaiter  born  Aug.  25, 

1904. 
3_11   Orval  Shirley  Passwaiter,  born  Nov.  21, 
1907. 
3_10  Earl   D.   Dolen,   who  married  Zella  Simons 
in  March,  1913,  and  lives  in  Kokomo,  Ind. 
Kitty  J.  Van  Arsdall  married  2d,  John  W.  Harrison.  To 
this  union  two  children  were  born: 

4_10  Katherine    Harrison,    who     married     James 
Flynn,  June  23,  1915.  They  have  one  child. 
1_11   Phillis  Jane  Flynn,  born  in  April,  1916. 
5_10  Ethel  Harrison. 


4S  VAN  XUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


3_9   Mary  Alice  Van  Arsdall,  born  July,  1S64,  mar- 
ried Newton  White,  Oct.  10,  1881,  in  Johnson 
County.     They  live  in  Kokomo. 
Children : 

1_10  Leona  White,  who  married  John  Conover,  on 
Feb.  7,  1913.     They     live  on  a     farm  near 
BlufFton,  Ind.,  and  have  one  child. 
2_10  Etta  White. 
3_10  Thomas  White. 
4_9   Charles  Van  Arsdall,  bom  Nov.  9,  1868.  mar- 
ried Minnie  Hite    in  1890,    at  Kokomo.     They 
They  live  in  Houston,    Texas,    and  have    nine 
Children : 

1_10  Coral  Van  Arsdall,  who  married  Cecil  Mc 
Kinney  and  lives  in  Kokomo. 

2_10  Loran,  who  married  and  lives  in  Rudd,  Iowa. 
3_10  Tessie,  married  — .  And  Lee,  Claude,  Stella, 
Marie,    Harry,    Lena,    who    live    with    their 
parents. 
3_8  Sarah  Cynthia  Van  Arsdall,  born  Aug-.  2,   1837, 
married  Francis  Davis.  They  had  one  child  who 
died  in  infancy.    They  are  both  dead. 
4_8  America  Van  Arsdall,  born  Jan.  8,  1839.  married 
John  R.  Adams.  They  were  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist church.     She  died  in  1S99.  They  had  seven 
Children :  Dora  Adams,  Frank  Adams,  Mary  Adams. 
Kate  Adams,  Harry  Adams,  Cora  Adams,  John  Adams, 
5_8  Abram   Brewer  Van   Arsdall,   Jr.,   born   Oct.    11, 
1840,  married  Melvina  Arbuckle.    In  religion  they 
were   Presbyterians   and    in    politics,    Democrats. 
He  died  in  1882.     They  had  eight  children: 
Monta,  John,  Gilbert,  Kate,  Lillian,  Mary,  Wood, 
Delia. 

G_8  Lydia  A.  Van  Arsdall,  born  Nov.  16,  1843,  mar- 
ried Joseph  L.  Martz.  She  died  in  1876. 
Children : 

1_9  Kate  Martz,  married  —  Montgomery,  no  chil- 
dren. 
2_9  Ward  Martz,  deceased. 
3_9  Harvey  Martz,  married,  but  no  children. 
4_9  Atwood  Martz,  married,  one  child. 


DESCENDANTS  GARRET  AND  CATHERINE  TERHUNE   40 


7„S  Elijah  Van  Arsdall,  born  Feb.  17,  1846.  He  mar- 
ried 1st,  Lucy  Judd,  married  2d,  Jennie  Lydia 
Coats,  3d,  Lillie  Herring  and  4th,  Nancy  Jane 
Wheeler.  He  had  two  children  by  his  second  wife. 
He  was  in  the  70th  Regiment  of  Indiana  Volun- 
teers in  the  Civil  War,  and  was  in  thirteen  battles. 
but  is  still  alive  to  tell  the  story.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church  and  is  a  Republican.  They 
live  in  Shelbyville,  Ind. 
Children: 

1_9  Elmer  Van  Arsdall. 

2_9  Catherine  Van  Arsdall.  who  married  Van  Coers. 
8_8  John  Wesley  Van  Arsdall  was  born  March  10. 
1848.  He  married  Belle  Thayer  and  they  had  one 
son  who  died  in  infancy.  He  married  2d.  Annie 
Murphy,  who  died  Oct.  4.  1886.  In  1888  he  was 
again  married  to  Mrs.  Clara  Allen,  who  had  one 
daughter.  Glenn  Allen.  They  live  in  Shelbyville. 
Ind..  and  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
They  are  adherents  of  the  Republican  party. 
Children  (by  2d  marriage)  : 

1-9   Orpha  Van  Arsdall.  born  Oct.  4,  1S86,  married 
190G,  Garnett  Flemming.  They  have  one  son. 
1_10  John  Wesley  Flemming,  born  Sept.  13,  1910. 
Children   (by  3d  marriage)  : 
2_9  Blanche  Van  Arsdall,  died  in  infancv. 
3_9  Ruth  Van  Arsdall,  born  Nov.  22,  1892,  married 
Aug.  17,  1910,  Harry  R.  Stewart.     They  live  in 
Shelbyville,  Indiana. 
4_9   Dolph  Van  Arsdall.  born  July  5.  1893.  married 
in  1913,  Bernice  Snellman.  One  child. 
1-10   Ruth  Van  Arsdall.  born  July  12,  1914. 
9-8  James  A.  Van  Arsdall,  born  June  13,  1850,  mar- 
ried Delia  Rhodes.  They  live  at  Shelbyville.  Indi- 
ana, and  are  members  of  the  Methodist  church. 
They  have  eight  children:  Mina,  Venia,  Everett, 
Roy,  Enrl.  Una.  Paul  and  Joseph. 
10-8  Cora  B.  Van  Arsdall.  born  March  30,  1855,  mar- 
ried Talma  Ludlow.  They  live  at  Benton  Harbor, 
Michigan. 
Children: 

1-9  May  Ludlow,  who  married  —  Hiatt  and  has  two 
children. 


50  VAN  NUTS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


2_9   Kate  Ludlow,  who  married  —  Spooner.     They 

have  three  children. 
3_9  Nellie  Ludlow,  who    married  —  Bradford    and 
has  two  children. 
5_7   Charity  Terhune,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Elizabeth 
(Green)  Terhune.  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Ky., 
and  on  Oct.  9,  1832,  was  married  to  Abram  Brewer 
Van  Arsdall.    She  died  March  11,  1849. 
Children : 
1_8  Merritt  C.  Van  Arsdall,  born  March  23,  1834,  mar 
ried  Mary  Edmonia  Mitchell,  on  Oct.  29,  1863.  He 
died  at  Lexington.  Jan.  12,  1911. 
Some  years  ago  when  Dr.  R.  W.  Terhune  was  collect- 
ing data  concerning  the  Terhune  family,  Merritt  Van  Ars- 
dall was  greatly  interested  and  rendered  all  the  assist- 
ance in  his  power,  so  that  both  Dr.  Terhune  and  the  com- 
piler of  this  record  owe  him  a  debt  of  gratitude. 
Children : 

1_9  Lynn  Van  Arsdale,  born  April  7,  1865,  was  mar- 
ried in  1887  to  Emma  Price  of  Lawrenceburg, 
Ky.     He  is  a  railway  conductor,  residing  at  Lou- 
isville, Ky.  They  have  two 
Children : 

1_10  Ford  Van  Arsdale,  born  in  1888,  was  mar- 
ried in  1910  to  Carrie  Neighbors  of  Louis- 
ville.    He  is  a  traveling  salesman  at  Louis- 
ville, Ky.  One  daughter. 
1_11   Elizabeth  Van  Arsdale. 
2_10Lynette  VanArsdale.  who  was  born  in  1892. 
2_9  Belle  Van  Arsdale,  who  died  June  4,  1883,  in 

Mercer  County,  Kentucky. 
3_9   Mary  Brewer  Van  Arsdale,    born    March    27, 
1869,  was  married  July  22,  1897  to  Benjamin 
Spilman  of  Harrodsburg,  Ky.     He  died  in  1906, 
and  his  widow  was  married  again  on  April  3, 
1913,  at  JefTersonville.  Ind.,  to  Samuel  Shannon, 
who  is  a  dealer  in  antique  furniture  at  Lexing- 
ton, Ky.,  where  they  reside.     Mary  Brewer  has 
one  son  bv  her  first  marriage. 
1_10  Charles  Merritt  Spilman,  born  Oct.  1,  1898, 
who  lives  with  his  mother  at  Lexington. 
4_9   Guy  Van  Arsdale.  born  Mar.  17,  1871,  died  un- 
married, in  Louisville,  in  February,  1893. 


DESCENDANTS  GARRET  AND  CATHERINE  TERHUNE      r.l 


o_9  Herbert  Van  Arsdale,  born  Oct,  24,  1872.  Was 
married  in  Harrodsburg,  about  1896,  to  Sarah 
Campbell.     He  is  an  electrical  engineer  at  Lou- 
isville.    Three 
Children: 

1_10  Herbert  Van  Arsdale,  who  died  at  the  age 

of  nine. 
2_10   Charlotte  Elizabeth  Van  Arsdale. 
3_10   Calvin  Bertram  Van  Arsdale. 
6_9  Elizabeth  Van  Arsdale,  born  April  25,  1874.  is 
bookkeeper  for  the  Bell  Telephone  Co.,  at  Har- 
rodsburg. 
7_9  Willette  Van  Arsdale,  who  was  born  April  3, 
1876,  died  unmarried  at  Harrodsburg,  in  July, 
1899. 
8_9  Alice  Van  Arsdale.  born  Jan.  14,  1878,  is  a  sten- 
ographer at  Nashville,  Tenn. 
9_9  Abraham  Van  Arsdale,  born  Dec.  3,  1879,  is  un- 
married.    He  is  a   detective  for  the  Southern 
Express  Co.,  at  Birmingham,  Ala. 
10_9  Kary  Van  Arsdale,     born     Nov.  4,  1883,  is  a 
dressmaker,  living  in  Harrodsburg,  Ky. 
Merritt  C.  Van  Arsdale  and  all  his  family  were  Pres- 
byterians. 

2_8  Martha  Hanna  Van  Arsdall,  daughter  of  Charity 
and  Abram  Brewer  Van  Arsdall,  who  died  March 
6,  1849. 
3_8  Belle  Van  Arsdall,  no  record. 
6„7  Eliza  Terhune,  who  married  —  Whitenack,  no  fur- 
ther record. 
7-7  Stephen  Terhune,  who  died  unmarried,  in  the  Black- 
hawk  War. 
8-7  John  Terhune,  who  died  unmarried,  in  Cincinnati.  O. 
9.7  Abram  Terhune  born  April  10.  1819,  married  Cvn- 
thia  Ann  Young.  Oct.  12,  1843.  She  was  born  Nov. 
3,  1825,  and  died  July  6,  1894.  He  died  Jan.  12,  1901. 
Children: 
1-8  William  Terhune. 
2_8  Harvey  Terhune. 
10_7   Mary  Terhune,  married  Garret  Terhune,  July  15, 
1852,  a  son  of    Garret    and    Rachel  Rynearson  Ter- 
hune.    They  were  cousins. 


52  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


11_7   Martha   Terhune,   married   Jerry   Tumey,    Dec.   2, 

1840. 
12_7  James  G.  Terhune,  youngest  child  of  Stephen  and 
Elizabeth  Green  Terhune,  was  born  July  23,  1S2G. 
and  died  May  2.  1S72.     He  married  Mollie  Welch  of 
Nicholasville,  Ky.     He  bought  the  Stephen  Terhune 
farm  and  spent  his  life  there  near  Harrodsburg. 
Children: 
1_8  Elizabeth  Terhune. 

2_8   Martha  Terhune,  who  married  James  Davis  and 
lived  in  Lincoln   County,  Kentucky.     No  record  of 
their  family. 

2_6   MARIA  TERHUNE, 
eldest  daughter    of    Garret    and  Catherine   (Van  Nuys) 
Terhune,  was  born  Nov.  9.  1780  in  Somerset  County,  New 
Jersey,  and  married  Peter  De  Mott,  in  Mercer  County, 
Kentucky,  on  March  19,  1796.     She  died  May  27,  1862. 

3_6   ISAAC  TERHUNE, 
second  son  of  Garret  and  Catherine  Terhune  was  baptiz- 
ed at  Harlingen,  New  Jersey,  on  March  20,  1785.  No  fur- 
ther record. 

4_6  GARRET  TERHUNE 
third  son  of  Garret  and  Catherine  (Van  Nuys)  Terhune, 
was  baptized  at  Harlingen,  New  Jersey,  Dutch  Reformed 
Church,  Aug.  12,  1787,  and  married  Rachel  Rynearson 
Jan.  16,  1814,  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  whither  he 
had  come  with  his  parents  in  1793.  Rachel  Rynearson  was 
a  daughter  of  Barnett  and  Ann  (Banta)  Rynearson.  Gar- 
ret Terhune  was  a  wagon-maker  by  trade,  and  he  taught 
all  his  three  sons  the  same  trade. 

Children  : 
1_7   Marv  Terhune,  who  married  James  B.  Mann,  Oct.  3, 
1833. 

Children: 
1_8  John  Mann,  who  is  a  business  man  in  Harrods- 
burg, Kentucky.  No  record. 
2_8   Alice  Mann,     who  married     Hopkins  Meyer,  and 
lives  in  Boyle  County,  Kentucky.  No  further  rec- 
ord available. 
2_7  Jane  Terhune,  died  in  infancy. 

3_7  William  Terhune.  born  Feb.  18.  3  818,  married  in 
1839,  Mary  Jane  Van  Arsdall  of  Boyle  County,  Ky., 
who  died  in  December  1857.     He  married  again  on 


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Nov.  14,  1862,  Mrs.  Sarah  Byers,  and  to  them  were 
born  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  dead.     After  his 
first  marriage  he  lived  near  Perryville,  Boyle  Coun- 
ty, but  in  1844,  he  moved  to  Parksville,  where  he  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  wagon-maker.  Four  of  the  child- 
ren by  the  second  wife  died  before  reaching  maturi- 
ty, but  one,  Lillie,  married  —  Freeman.  She  died  in 
1890,  and  left  one  child,  William  Freeman,  whose 
address  is  unknown. 
In  politics  Wm.  Terhune  was  a  Whig  in  early  life,  and 
a  Union  man,  and  in     later  life  was     affiliated  with  the 
Democratc  party.  They  were  Cumberland  Presbyterians. 
Mrs.  Terhune  died  in   1901.     William  Terhune  d'ed   in 
1905,  at  the  home  of  his  son  James  G.  Terhune.     He  was 
in  his  88th  year.    They  are  buried  at  Parksville. 
Children  (by  first  wife)  : 
1_8  Sallie  Ann  Terhune,  born  in  1841,  died  in  1851. 
2_8  James   Garret  Terhune,   born   in    1843,   in   Boyle 
County  Kentucky,  married  in  1867,  Sarah  Brownfield  of 
Larue  County,  Kentucky.  Until  1870  they  lived  near  Per- 
ryville, where  he  was  a  wagon-maker  as  his  father  and 
his  grandfather  had  been.     He  then  moved  to   Jersey- 
brook  Farm,  near  Buffalo  in  Larue  County,  where  he  is 
engaged  in   cattle-raising   and   dairy-farming.      He   is   a 
hroad-minded;  far-seeing,   genial  man,  a  deacon  in  the 
Baptist  church,  and  a  staunch  Democrat.  Sarah  Terhune 
died  in  1912.  and  in  1913  he  married  Mrs.  Olive  Brown- 
field,  sister-in-law.  No  children  by  either  marriage. 

3_8  Commodore  P.  Terhune,  son  of  William  Terhune, 
was  born  July  13,  1848,  and  married  first,  Martha  Byers, 
Nov.  20,  1876.  After  her  death  he  was  again  married  on 
Nov.  6,  1883  to  Susan  Cook.  She  died,  and  he  married  on 
Oct.  17.  1889,  her  sister,  Emma  Cook,  who  was  born  June 
10,  1856.  With  his  brother  he  was  taught  the  trade  of 
wagon-maker  by  his  father,  but  while  yet  a  young  man 
he  gave  it  up  and  went  to  Danville,  Ky.,  where  he  still 
lives.    By  his  last  wife  he  has  one  son. 

1-9  Allen  Cook  Terhune,  born  March  15,  1893,  at 
Danville,  Ky., — the  sole  representative  of  his 
generation  in  the  family  of  Wm.  Terhune.  He 
is  unmarried,  and  is  engaged  in  the  banking 
business  in  Danville,  Ky. 


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4_7  Sarah  Terhune,  married  first,  David  Robertson,  and 

2nd,  Peter  Van  Arsdale. 
5_7   Garret  Terhune,  son  of  Garret  and  Rachel  Rynear- 
son  Terhune,  married  first,  Nancy  Silcox,  and  after 
her  death  he  married  his  cousin  Mary  Terhune,  July 
15,  1852.     He  married  3d.  Hannah  Hall.     He  had 
one  son  by  his  first  wife. 
1_8  J.  Taylor  Terhune,  married  Lavini  Wingfield  of 
Mercer  County,  Ky.,  about  1865.     They  lived  at 
Hiseville,  Ky.,  a  long  time,  but  finally  moved  to 
Shelbyville,  Ky.,  where  he  died  about  1912.  They 
had  children  but  names  are  not  known. 
6_7  Jane   Terhune   married   William   Allen.      They   had 
children,  whose  names  are  in  none  of  the  records  a- 
vailable.     One  daughter  married  and  lived  in  Lex- 
ington, Ky.,  and  one  of  her  sisters  who  was  single 
lived  with  her.     Indications  are  that  they  were  re- 
lated to  the  Isabel  Allen,  who  married  James  Van 
Nuys  and  left  a  daughter,  Leah,  and  a  son.  John. 
7_7  Barnett  Terhune,  son  of  Garret  and  Rachel  Rynear- 
son  Terhune,  and  grandson  of  Garret  and  Catherine 
Van  Nuys  Terhune,  was  born  July  13.  1828  ,and  died 
Sept.  27,  1903.     He  married  first.  Elizabeth  Cather- 
ine Van  Arsdall,  born  Dec.  4,   1827.  died  July   14. 
1862.     He  married  2d,  Mrs.  Ellen  Ewing  Mitchell  on 
Oct.  4,  1866.     She  was  born  June  30,  1840  and  died 
July  8,  1908. 

Children  (bv  first  marriage;  : 
1_8  John  Tavlor  Terhune,  born  May  29,  1847.  He  was 
killed  in  the  R.  R.  service  at  Gallion.  Ohio,  in  1868, 
after  he  came  out  of  the  Union  Navy,  Mississippi 
Squadron,  in  which  he  served  on  the  Gunboat — 
Naumkeag. 
2_8  Sanford  McBrayer  Terhune,  born     Jan.  7,   1851, 

died  in  1852. 
3_8  Desdemona  Terhune,  born  July  16,  1854.  married 
John  B.  Powell  at  Perryville,  Ky.,  Sept.  30,  1873. 
Children : 

1_9  Clarence  Powell,  born  — ,  married  Louise  Mc- 
Grew  at  Pulaski,  Tenn.  They  live  at  Danville, 
Kentuckv. 
2_9  William  Barnett  Powell,  born  Dec.  24,  1877, 
married  Nancy  Givens  of  Hustonville,  Ky.  They 
live  at  Bradfordsville,  Ky. 


DESCENDANTS  GARRET  AND  CATHERINE  TERHUNE  5S 


Children : 

1_10  Charlotte  Powell. 
2_10  William  Barnett  Powell. 
3_10  John  Powell. 
3_9  Elizabeth  Powell,  lives  with  parents. 
4  8  Mary  Sanford  Terhune.  bom  Sept.  29,  1856,  mar- 
ried William  A.  Thornton,  on  June  27,  1878.  They 
live  at  Bradfordsville,  Ky. 
Children : 

1_9  Nellie  Elizabeth  Thornton,  born  Jan.  25,  1880, 
married  James  Raymond  Glasscock     at  Brad- 
fordsville, Ky.,  Feb.  20,  1901,  where  they  live. 
1_10  Imogene  Glasscock. 
2_10  Hugh  Glasscock. 
2_9  Harrison  Barnett  Thornton,  born  1890,  married 
Jessie  Paibel  of  Lebanon.  Ky..  in  1914.  They  also 
live  in  Bradfordsville.  and  have  one  child : 
1_10  Harrison  Barnett  Thornton,     born  in  July, 
1915. 
3_9  Desdamona  Ellen  Thornton,  born  Feb.  21,  1893. 
married  Walter  W.  Murrel  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 
on  Feb.  23,  1915.     They  live  at  Louisville.  Ky., 
and  have  the  youngest  child  in  the  connection. 
1_10  —  Murrel.  born  Feb.,  1916. 
4_9  Grace  Thornton,  born  in  April,   1895.  Unmar- 
ried. 
Children  (by  second  marriage)  : 
5-8  Thomas  Gilliam  Terhune.  born  Sept.  6,  1868,  died 

Nov.  10.  1869. 
6_8  Carrie  G.  Terhune  died  in  infancy. 
7_8  Thomas  Barnett  Terhune.  born  March  16.   1870. 
married  Abagail  Elizabeth  Prine,  May  24.  1892. 
He  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  at  Center  College. 
Danville.  Ky.,   in   1890,   and   graduated  from   Mo 
Cormick  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago,  in  1893. 
The  degree  of  D.  D.  was  conferred  by  Hanover  College 
m  1909.    For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  the  devoted. 
and  successful     pastor  of  the     Presbyterian  Church  at 
Huntington.  Ind.,  a  man     of  intellectual     force  and  ac- 
knowledged pulpit  ability.     He  was  Moderator     in  the 
Synod  of  Indiana  the  pa^t  year  and  has  served  his  church 
on  many  important  committees,  as  well  as  in  the  evanee- 
listic  field,  and  as  a  writer  and  lecturer.     He  is  an  elo- 


56  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


quent  and  popular  platform  speaker  and  has  done  ac- 
ceptable work  for  Chautauqua  and  other  bureaus,  with- 
out losing  sight  of  his  mission.  He  has  recently  had  the 
satisfaction  of  seeing  the  completion  by  his  congregation, 
of  a  splendid  new  church  building.  Thomas  B.  and  Aba- 
gail  have  four 

Children : 

1_9  Mary  Terhune,  born  July  6,  1894,  who  gradu- 
ated from  Western  College  for  Women,  Oxford, 
Ohio,  in  June,  1916.  and  has  accepted  the  Chair 
of  Modern  Languages  in  Fairmount  College  Tex 
as,  a  Presbyterian  School  for  girls. 
2_9  Paul  Barnett  Terhune,  born  May  5,  1897,  now  in 

Hanover  College. 
3_9   Thomas  Jackson  Terhune,  born  May  21,  1901. 
4_9  Thornton  Powell  Terhune,  born  May  6,  1903. 
8_8   Carrie  Ellen  Terhune,     born  Aug.  18/1871,  died 

Sept.  8,  1872. 
9_8  Baker  Ewing  Terhune,  son  of  Barnett  and  Ellen 
Mitchell  Terhune,  was  born  Aug.  24,  1873,  and 
married  Katherine  B.  Drye,  at.  Hustonville,  Ky. 
They  live  at  Bradfordsville,  Ky.,  and  have  three 
Children : 

1_9  Louise  Fidler  Terhune.  born  Dec.  16,  1903. 
2_9  Ralph  Barnett  Terhune,  born  June  6,  1906. 
3_9  B.  E.  Terhune.   (no  other  name),  born  in  1908. 
10_8  Robert  Lee  Terhune,  born  March  17,  1876,  died 
June  10.  1915.     He  married  Mary  Adams  at  Hust- 
onville, Ky.,  June  29,  1904.  She  died  Aug.  3.  1906. 
He  was  a  man  of  the  highest  character,  and  was 
widely  and  favorably  known.     He  was  killed  in 
the  wreck  of  his  automobile. 
1_9   Martha  Ewing  Terhune.  born  June  22.  1905. 
2_9   Mary  Lee  Terhune.  born  July  18,  1906. 

Lee  Terhune  was  married  the  2d  time  to  Eliza- 
beth Buckner  Cox.     To  them     one     child  was 
born. 
Elizabeth  Cox  Terhune  lives  at  Campbellville,  Kv. 

3_9  Lucy  Lee  Terhune,  born  in  July,  1915. 
11_8  Lucy  Ellen  Terhune,  born  May  12,  1878,  married 
George  A.  Farris.  July  8,  1903.  She  is  described 
as  a  woman  "beautiful  in  person,  character  and 
disposition."  They  live  at  Lebanon,  Ky.  No  child- 
ren. 


DESCENDANTS  GARRET  AND  CATHERINE  TERHUNE   57 


12_8  Charles  Armstrong:  Terhune.  born  Oct.  31.  1880. 
married  Etta  Willard  Purdy,  Jan.  12,  1909.  Live 
at  Bradfordsville.     One  child. 
1_9  Virginia  Ellen  Terhune,  born  Oct.  23,  1909. 
13_8  Alice  Meyer  Terhune,  born  Dec.  27,  1887,  mar- 
ried Harry  Davis  Foxworthy,  April  1,  1909.  They 
live  at  Bradfordsville. 
Children: 

1_9  Samuel  Lee  Foxworthy,  born  May  20,  1910. 
2_9  Harry  Davis  Foxworthy. 

5.6  PETER  TERHUNE 
fourth  son  of  Garret  and  Catherine  (Van  Nuys)  Terhune 
was  born  at  Harlingen,  New  Jersey,  May  9.  1790.  and  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  Kentucky,  in  1793.  He  went  to 
Tennessee  in  1817,  where  he  married  Lucy  Eaton.  In 
1821,  they  returned  to  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  where 
Lucy  Eaton  Terhune  died,  and  he  married  Agnes  Hou- 
chins,  in  1837.  He  died  April  17,  1855. 
Children :  by  first  wife. 

1_7  ELIZABETH  TERHUNE,  born  Feb.  18,  1818  in  Nash 
ville,  Tennessee.  Came  to  Harrodsburg,  in  1821. 
She  married  Henry  Canary,  July  9,  1835.  She  died 
May  19,  1902,  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  where  they  had 
gone  in  1845. 
Children : 
1_8   Margaret  Canarv.  born  April    29,  1836,  married 

Jan.  26,  1854,  Jefferson  Vandiver. 
2_8  John  Canary,  born  Oct.  15,  1837,  married  Lucinda 

Vandiver. 
3_8   Mary  Ann  Canary,  born  Dec.  8,   1839,     married 

Cornelius  Van  Arsdall. 
4. .8  Abraham  Canary,  born  May  7,  1842,  married  1st, 
Rachel  Demaree,  married  2d,  Mary  Small. 

5_8   Christopher  Canary,  born  March   10,  1845,  mar- 
ried  Margaret  Vandiver 
6_8  P.  A.  Canary,  married  Anna  Cole. 

2-7  ROBERT  TERHUNE,  born  at  Nashville,  Tennessee. 
April  15,  1819,  married  first,  Sarah  Comingore,  Sept. 
10,  1841.  No  children  by  his  first  wife,  who  died.  He 
married  again  Oct.  16,  1871,  Sarah  Whitenack.  He 
died  Feb.  15,  1892. 


VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


Children : 
1_8  Eugene  Terhune,  born  Sept.  12,  1S73,  married  Em- 
ma Graves. 
2_8   Mary  Terhune,  born  July  8,  1875,  married  Harry 

Tumey. 
3_8  Alonzo  Terhune,  born     May  10,  1878,     married 
Verne  Cummins. 
Children: 

1_9  Robert  Terhune. 
2_9  Reuben  Terhune. 
4_8  William  Terhune.  born  Oct.  10.  1880. 
5_8  Alice  Terhune,  born  Nov.  1,  1881,  married  Rufus 

Ross. 
6_8  Lee  Terhune,  born  Feb.  26.  1884. 
7_8  Lucinda  and  Cordelia  Terhune,  twins,  born  Sept. 
6,  1885. 
3_7  MARY  TERHUNE,  married  Cornelius  Vandivier,  her 

cousin. 
4_7  LUCINDA  TERHUNE,  married  Simon  Van  Arsdall. 
5_7  FRANCES  TERHUNE,  married  James  Vandiver. 
6_7  CATHERINE  TERHUNE,   married   William  Vandi- 
vier. 
7.7  ISAAC  TERHUNE,  died  young. 

Children  by  second  wife: 
8_7  PAULINA  E.  TERHUNE,  born  1840,  married  John 
Silcox,  March  20,  1859. 
Children : 
1_8  Emma  Silcox,  married  John  Mattingly. 
Children : 

1_9  Sadie  Bell  Mattinglv,  married  E.  G.  Wills. 
2_9   Charles,  died. 
2_8   Charles  Silcox,  married  — .  No  children. 
3_8  Agnes  Theresa  Silcox,  married  William  D.  Phillips 

No  children. 
4_8  John  Silcox,  married  — . 
5_8  Nancy  Silcox,  not  married. 
6_8  Thomas  Silcox,  not  married. 
9_7  GEORGTE  ANNE  VAN  NUYS  TERHUNE,  born  Apr. 
17,  1842,  married  Charles  S.  Van  Arsdall  May  17, 
1858. 
Children : 
1_8  William  Abner  Van  Arsdall,  died  unmarried  at  the 
age  of  twenty  one. 


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2_8  John    Coleman      Van   Arsdall,      married      Emma 
Vaught. 
Children : 
1_9  Annie  May  Van  Arsdall,     married     Claude     L. 

Strode. 
Children : 

1_10  Doris  May  Strode. 
2_10  Gladvs  Strode. 
3_10   Claude  Leslie  Strode. 
2_9  Laura  Pearl,  died  — . 
3_9   Charles  Van  Arsdall,  died  — . 
4_9  Julius  Edwin  Van  Arsdall,  died  — . 
3_8  Riker  Samuel  Van  Arsdall,  married  Maud  Rose. 
Children : 

1_9   Ormond  Van  Arsdall.  married  Mabel  Currens. 
2_9  William  Smith  Van  Arsdall. 
3_9  Charles  Rose  Van  Arsdall. 
4_9  Clarence  Riker  Van  Arsdall. 
5_9   Marion  W.  Van  Arsdall. 
6_9   Maud  Rose  Van  Arsdall. 
7_9  Sarah  Jane  Van  Arsdall. 
8_9   George  Alger  Van  Arsdall. 
4_8   Charles  Condit  Van  Arsdall,  died  at  age  of  three 

years. 
5_8   Condit  Brewer  Van  Arsdall,  married  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth Carter. 
Children : 

1-9  Elizabeth  Rinehart  Van  Arsdall. 
2_9   Condit  Brewer  Van  Arsdall,  Jr. 
6_8  Hugh  Van  Arsdall,  married  Orpha  Prewitt. 
Children : 

1-9   Charles  Robert  Van  Arsdall. 
2_9  Hugh  Oliver  Van  Arsdall. 
3_9   Sallie  Lee  Van  Arsdall. 
^  4_9  William  Condit  Van  Arsdall. 
7_8  Joseph   Young   Van   Arsdall.   married   Sallie   Lee 
James. 
Children : 

1-9  Charles  Suydam  Van  Arsdall. 
2_9  John  Aaron  Van  Arsdall. 
8-8  Sallie  Ann  Van  Arsdall,  died  at  the  age  of  twelve 
years. 


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6_6  JOHN  TERHUNE, 
son  of  Garret  and  Catherine  (Van  Nuys)  Terhune,  was 
born  probably  in  Kentucky.  He  and  his  brother  Peter, 
both  went  to  Nashville,  Tenn.,  when  very  young  and 
there  married  sisters,  Prudence  and  Lucy  Eaton.  How- 
ever, they  soon  returned  to  Mercer  County,  Ky.,  where 
they  lived  and  died.     John  died  in  1875.  He  had  two 

Children: 
1_7  WILLIAM  TERHUNE,  who  died  in  1849,     unmar- 
ried. 
2_7  JAMES  P.  TERHUNE,  who  married  Rachel  Stagg. 
He  died  in  1903. 
Children : 
1_8  Eugene  A.  Terhune,  who    married    Anna  S.  Van 

Arsdall,  Oct.  21,  1869. 
2_8  William  B.  Terhune,  who  married  Belle  Terhune, 
Dec.  29,  1867.    She  was  a  daughter  of  Abram  and 
Cynthia  Ann  (Young)  Terhune. 
3_8  John  A.  Terhune,  born  Nov.  25,  1850,  married  Em- 
ma Reece,  Sept.  7,  1871. 
4_8  Abram  L.  Terhune,  who  married  Maggie  Silcox, 

Sept.  21,  1871.  Deceased. 
5_8  Buckner  Terhune,  deceased. 
6_8  James  H.  Terhune,  married  Hattie  Gentry  Dec.  21, 

1875. 
7_8  Prudence  Terhune,  married  E.  K.  Shoemaker. 
8_8   Mary  Porter  Terhune,  married  Robert  Coffey. 
9_8  Ruth  Terhune,  deceased. 
10_8  Nora  Terhune,  deceased. 
11_8  Catherine  Terhune. 

7_6  WILLIAM  TERHUNE 
married  Sarah  Hart.    He  died  in  1857.    No  children. 

8_6  RULOFF  or  RULE  TERHUNE 
married,  one  report  states,   Sarah   Green,   another  savs 
Betsey  Green,  on  Oct.  5,  182G.     He  died  in  1839,  in  Merc- 
er County,  Kentucky.     No  children. 

9_6  MARGARET  TERHUNE 
married  May  10,  1802,  Henry  Comingore.    She  was  bur- 
ied at  Bethel  Church. 

10_6  EVA  JANE  TERHUNE 
married  Henry  Whitenack. 


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11_6 
It  is  supposed  that  there  was  another  daughter  of  Gar- 
ret and  Catherine  who  married  a  Vandiver,  but  this  sup- 
position may  have  arisen  from  the  fact  that  Henry  Van- 
diver's  name  appears  in  the  list  of  legatees  of  Garret  Ter- 
hune  as  guardian  of  "Rule"  Terhune.  Garret  Terhune 
had  a  brother-in-law  named  Henry  Vanderveer,  husband 
of  Magdalen  Van  Nuys. 


62  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


CHAPTER  VII 

MARY  VAN  NUYS 

Mary  5,  Isaac.  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 
DESCENDANTS  of  Isaac  and  Flora  or  Vrouchie  (Quick) 
Van  Nuys,  in  line  of  their  daughter  Mary. 

2_5  MARY  VAN  NUYS,  was  born  in  1763.  near  Mill- 
stone, Somerset  County,  N.  J.,  and  was  married  April  10. 
17S1,*  in  that  county,  to  Cornelius  Van  Nuyce(as  he  spell 
ed  the  name),  her  cousin,  who  also  was  born  in  Somerset 
County  in  1755,  and  was  a  son  of  John  and  Marie  (Van 
Arsdalen)  Van  Nuys.  His  sister  Maria  married  William 
Terhune,  a  brother  of  Garret  Terhune,  and  they  also 
came  to  Kentucky. 

Cornelius  went  to  Conewago,  Pennsylvania,  with  the 
New  Jersey  colony  which  settled  that  place.  It  was  in 
York  County  (now  Adams)  near  Gettysburg.  But  he  went 
to  Mercer  County,  Ky..  sometime  between  1790  and  1801, 
in  which  latter  year  there  is  record  of  land  deeded  to  him 
in  Mercer  County.  He  died  in  Kentucky  in  1820.  Mary 
Van  Nuyce  died  in  1845.  Six  of  their  children  grew  to 
maturity. 

1_6  FLORA  VAN  NUYCE 
whose  baptismal  record  in  the  Dutch  Church  at  Cone- 
wago  reads:  "Vroutie,  child  of  Cornelius  and  Mary  Van 
Nuyce,  Dec.  6,  1789."     She  married  Henry  De  Schamp 
(Scomp)  in  1814  in  Mercer  County,  Ky. 

Children : 
1_7  JOHN  VAN  NUYCE  SCOMP,  who  married  Cather- 
ine Wilson.     Thev  had  one  daughter, 
1_8   MARY  REBECCA  SCOMP,    who  married    J.  T. 
Cunningham  in  December,  1882.  He  is  a  farmer. 
They  live  near  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  and  the  descend- 
ants of  Isaac  and  Cornelius  Van  Nuys,  and  Wil- 
liam and  Garret  Terhune,  who  married  Van  Nuys 
women,  have  been    identified    with  the    develop- 

*One  note    sent  in  gives    "17S7,  at  Conewago",    as  the  date    and 

(place  of  the  marriage  of  Cornelius  and  Mary  tut  their  names  do  not 
appear  in  the  records  of  licenses  there,  and  they  do  appear  in  the 
Somerset  County  records. 

NOTE: — The  first  figure  indicates  order  in  the  family;  the  sec- 
ond indicates  the  number  of  the  generation  in  America. 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND   FLORA   VAN   NUYS(MARY    2_5)    6- 


ment  of  the  region  from  its  early  settlement  to 
the  present  time.  J.  T.  and  Rebecca  Cunningham 
have  three 
Children : 

1_9  Fayreen  Scomp  Cunningham. 
2_9  Forrest  Van  Nuyce  Cunningham. 
3_9  Stella  Comingore  Cunningham. 
2_7  SARAH  SCOMP  who  married  first  William  Slaugh- 
ter, and  second  S.  Van  Arsdall.    One  son, 
1_8  James  Van  Arsdall,  who  married  Bettie  Hardin. 
James  has  several  children,  but  nothing  is  known 
of  them. 
:3_7  WILLIAM  SCOMP.  son  of  Henry  and  Flora,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Minor.     Two 
Children: 
1_8   HENRY  A.  SCOMP,  who  was  born  in  1844.  mar- 
ried Margaret  Weedin  in  1872.    In  his  educational 
and  professional  career  the  degrees  of  Ph.  D.  and 
L.  L.  D.     were     conferred    up    on    him.     He  was 
professor  of  languages  and  was  a  versatile  writer. 
In  an  exhaustive  and  intenselv    interesting    historical 
sketch  of     "The  Old  Mud  Meeting  House",     which  Dr. 
Scomp  read  at  the  celebration  of  the  centennial  anniver- 
sary of  its  erection  in  1800.  he  gives  many  facts  and  inci- 
dents which  illustrate  the  character  and  strength  and  de- 
votion of  our  ancestry,  and  of  the  Dutch  immigrants  in 
general.    He  mentions  long  lists  of  names  connected  with 
this  historic  church,  which  are  familiar  to  us  as  Van  Nuys 
descendants  or  connections  of  the  family.  He  died  in  1912 
and  is  buried  at  Danville,  Ky. 
Children: 
1-9  Viola  Scomp. 
2_9   Corine  Scomp. 
2_8   MARTHA  K.  SCOMP,  married  E.  B.  Moore. 
Children : 
1-9   Wm.   H.   Moore  married  Linn  Worthington   in 

1909. 
2_9  Hugh  Moore,  married  Estelle  Robinson  in  1897. 

They  have  four 
Children: 

1_10   Josephine  Moore. 
2_10  Eugene  Moore. 
3_10  Warren  Moore. 
4-10   Margaret  Moore. 


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3_9  Edith  Moore,    married    Roy  Williams    in  June 
1913.    They  live  in  California. 
4_7  GEORGE  SCOMP,    third    son  of    Henry  and  Flora 
(Van  Nuyce)  De  Schamp,  died,  unmarried,  in  Ken- 
tucky. 
5_7   MARY  SCOMP,  died  unmarried. 
6_7   CYNTHIA  SCOMP  died  in  Kentucky  unmarried,  as 

did  also, 
7_7  CORNELIUS  SCOMP. 

2_6  JOHN  VAN  NUYCE 
Married  Letty  Canine? 
No  record  of  his  family  has  been  found. 

3_6  ISAAC  VAN  NUYS 
No  record.    If  these  two  sons    of  Mary    and  Cornelius 
left  descendants,  it  is  hoped     that  they  will     supply  the 
records. 

4_6  CORNELIUS  VAN  NUYS,  JR. 
Son  of  Cornelius  and  Mary  Van  Nuys,  was  born  June 
23,  1799  in  Mercer  County,  Ky.,  and  was  married  there 
Dec.  16,  1824  to  Ann  Adams,  who  was  born  Sept.  7,  1795 
and  died  Sept.  18,  1852.  They  lived  at  Harrodsburg,  Ky., 
where  he  died  June  3,  1846.  Ann  was  a  daughter  of 
Archie  and  Phebe  (Caldwell)  Adams,  and  her  sister  Car- 
oline married  Lawrence  Van  Nice,  son  of  Peter,  who  was 
a  son  of  Isaac  and  Flora. 

Children: 
1_7  DAVID    ADAMS   VAN    NICE,    who  was  born  Nov. 
4,  1825,  in  Mercer  County,  Ky.,  married  Susan  Allen 
Sept.  22,  1852,  in  Bethany,  Park  County,  Ind.  A  few 
years  after  their  marriage  they  moved  to  Bushnell, 
111.,  thence  in  1859  to  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  but  in  two 
years  returned  to  Bushnell.     In  1869  they  moved  to 
Kansas,  near  Gardner,    but  in  1886    went  to  Allen 
County,  Kan.,  near  Humboldt,  where  they  spent  the 
remainder  of  their  lives.     He  died  August  30,  1900. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.     Susan  Allen  Van  Nice  died  in  1899. 
Children: 
1_8  WILLIAM  VAN  NICE,  born  in  Waveland.  Ind.,  in 
1853,  married  Mary  Jewett,  in  Kansas.  They  have 
living, 
Children: 

1_9  Minnie  Van  Nice  married  to  E.  Towles.     Have 
one  son. 


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2_9  Jessie  Van  Nice. 
3_9   Victoria  Van  Nice. 
•    2.8  CHARLES  VAN  NICE,  son  of  David  and  Susan, 
was  born  in  Indiana  in  1855,  and  died  in  1863  in 
Illinois. 
3-8  MARY  VAN  NICE,     only  daughter  of  David  A. 
and  Susan  Van  Nice,  was  born  in  Illinois.     No  rec- 
ord. 
4_8  DWIGHT  CORNELIUS  VAN  NICE,  third  son  of 
David  A.  and  Susan  Van  Nice,  was  born  at  Chil- 
licothe,  Mo.,  July  1,  1860.  and  went  with  his  par- 
ents to  Kansas.     He  was  agent  and  telegraph  op- 
erator for  the  Union  Pacific  R.  R.  until  1891.  Since 
then  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  hardware  busi- 
ness and  fine  stock  raising,  at  Richland,  Kansas, 
where  he  is  a  prosperous  and  public  spirited  citi- 
zen, identified  with  all  the  best  interests  of  the 
town.     In  1886  he  married  Laura  Neese  at  Rich- 
land, 
Children : 

1_9  Pearl  Van  Nice,  born  May  20,  1888,  was  mar- 
ried to  J.  G.  Myers  on  May  12,  1914.  They  have 
one  daughter, 
1_10  Frances  Mvers,  born  March  2,  1915. 
2_9  Fred  Van  Nice,  born  April  7,  1893. 
5_8  THOMAS  VAN  NICE,  born  in  1867,  near  Bush- 
nell,  111.      Married  Jennie  Ross  in  Allen  County, 
Kansas.     They  have  two  sons, 
1_9  Ray  Van  Nice. 
2-9  Russell  Van  Nice. 
2_7  JAMES  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Ann,  bom 
April  5,  1832.     He  married  Wilmath  Maderes.     He 
died  in  Waveland,  Indiana,  Sept.  27,  1905.     No  chil- 
dren living. 
3-7   MARTHA  J.  VAN  NICE,  was  born  March  26,  1835. 
She  married  Thomas  E.  Milligan  at  Waveland,  Ind., 
April  8,  1856.     He  died  in  August,  1908.     She  still 
lives  at  Waveland. 
Children: 
1-8  CHARLES  A.  MILLIGAN,  born  Jan.  12,  1859,  un- 
married, a  city  farmer. 
2-8  EDWIN  T.  MILLIGAN,     born  March     10.  1861. 


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Married  Carrie  Kerr  Dec.  13,  1893.    They  live  at 
Waveland,  Ind.,  where  he  is  a  city  farmer. 
Children : 

1_9   Martha  Virginia  Milligan  born  Feb.  27,  1895. 
3_8  John  V.  Milligan,  born  March  19.  1870.  married 
Grace  Blatchley,    Jan.  1,  1S96    and  they    live  at 
Waveland,  Ind.     He  is  a  farmer. 
Children : 

1_9   Ruth,  born  Nov.  18,  1901. 
2_9  Harry  Blatchlev,  bom  Nov.  1,  1903. 
4_7  MARGARET  VAN  NICE,    born    July    30,    1838,  at 
Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  married  Rev.  Isaac  B.  Moore,  a 
minister  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Sept  21,  1859. 
She  died  in  Indiana.     They  had  five 
Children : 
1_8   CLARA  MOORE,  deceased,  born  March,  1860,  at 
Gilman,  111.,    married    Frank  Adams    in  1889,  at 
at  Monticello.  Ind.     No  children. 
'  2_8  ANNA  MOORE,  married  John  McGill.     They  liv- 
ed at  Rock  Island,  111.,  and  died  leaving  no  chil- 
dren. 
3_8  IDA  MOORE,    born    in    1871,    married    William 
Mack  in  1893.     Thev  live  in  Spokane. 
Children:  Llovd,  Olive,  Mabel,  Hilda  and  Ethel. 
4_8   GEORGE  MOORE.  Lives  near  Spokane,  Wash. 
5_8  RHODA  MOORE,  married  Theodore  Piatt. 
Children: 

1_9  Donald  Dwight,  2_9  Theodore  Moore,  3_9 
Margaret  Ellen. 
5_7  ELIZABETH  VAN  NICE,    married    in  Illinois.     No 
children. 

5_6  JAMES  VAN  NICE 
son  of  Cornelius  and  Mary  Van  Nuyce,  lived  to  be  very 
old,  and  was  reputed  to  be  very  wealthy.     He  died  in 
Kentucky,  unmarried. 

6_6  MARY  VAN  NUYS 
youngest  daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Mary  Van  Nuyce. 
was  born  March  31,  1800,  and  married  William  De  Mott. 
Feb.  16,  1821.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Hopewell  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  Johnson  County,  Ind.  She  died  Feb. 
24,  1886. 

Children: 


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1_7  CLARISSA  DE  MOTT,  born  Oct.  29,  1824.    No  fur- 
ther record. 
2_7   MARY  JANE  DE  MOTT,  born  July  28,  1827.     No 

other  report. 
3_7  SARAH  ANN  DE  MOTT,  born  Feb.  27,  1828,  mar- 
ried David  B.  Low,  Feb.  20,  1851.     He  gave  his  life 
for  his  country  in  the  Civil  War.     Sarah  Ann  Low 
died  in  1916,  in  her  8 9th  year.     She  was  a  typical 
pioneer  and  was  widely  known  for  her  hospitality 
and  neighborly  kindness. 
Children : 
1_8  JANIE  LOW,  born  Dec.  9,  1851,  married  Taylor 
Wheat,  Aug.  28,  1873.    She  died  Oct.  28,  1875. 
Thev  had  one  son. 
1_9  William  WTheat,  born  Nov.  26,  1874,  died  Dec. 
13,  1906. 
2_8  ANSON  LOW,  bom  Jan.  1,  1860,  married  Celia 
Graham,  Feb.  16,  1881.     He  died  July  21,  1891. 
Children: 
1_9  Nellie  Low,  born  May  12,  1887,  married  Edwin 

C.  Boswell,  Oct.  16,  1907. 
Children  : 

1_10  Edwin  Clair  Boswell,  born  Oct.  11,  1909. 
2_10  Joan  Boswell,  born  Julv  10,  1913. 
3_8  ETTA  LOW,  born  Feb.  16,  1863,  married  Charles 
A.  Brown,  Nov.  22,  1883.     He  is  one  of  Indiana's 
famous  corn  growers,  and  he  has  won  many  prizes 
at  state  and  national  corn  exhibits. 
Children : 
1_9  Iliff  Isaac  Brown,  born  Feb.  15,  1887,  married 

Edith  Ditmars,  March  28,  1911. 
Children : 

1_10  Isaac  Brown,  born  Sept.  6,  1913. 
2_10  Virginia  Brown,  born  July  31,  1915. 
2_9   Mary  Brown,  born  Dec.  15,  1891,  married  Cor- 
tez  Ditmars,  May  15,  1913. 
4_7  ZERILDA  DE  MOTT,  born  April  10,  1830,  married 
Joseph  V.  Covert,  Nov.  27,  1862.     She  died  May  15, 
1893. 
Children: 
1-8  IDA  COVERT,  born  Sept.  8,  1863,  married  Wil- 
liam Eli  Henderson,  Nov.  29,  1883.   She  died  May 
16,  1902. 


VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


Children : 

1_9  Neva  Henderson,  born  Oct.  17,  1885,  married 

Harry  Hay,  Oct.  10,  1912.  They  have  two 
Children: 

1_10   Marian  L.  Ray,  born  Oct.  13,  1913. 
2_10  Ida  E.  Raw  born  Sept.  26,  1915. 
2_8  WM.  D.  COVERT,  born  Feb.   14,   1869,  married 
Anna  Brewer,  March  4,  1890. 
Children : 

1_9  Virgil  Covert,  born  Jan.  22,  1892. 
2_9   Marie  Covert,  born  Oct.  21,  1895. 
5_7  JOHN  J.  DE  MOTT,  born  in  Mercer  County,  Ken- 
tucky, March  12,  1835,  married  Sarah  Covert,  Oct. 
2,  1856.     She  died  June  3,  1S86.     His  second  mar- 
riage was  to  Mrs.  Martha  Terrell,  Aug.  14,  1890.   No 
children  by  the  second  marriage.     He  died  Dec.  19, 
1915,  at  Hopewell,  where  he  had  spent  his  life  from 
the  age  of  six  years.  John  J.  De  Mott  was  a  success- 
ful farmer,  but  was  a  successful    man    in  a  higher 
sense.     He  was  elected  ruling  elder  in  the  Hopewell 
Presbyterian  Church  at  an  early  age,  and  was  noted 
for  his  Christian  counsel  and  ministration  among  his 
neighbors.     His  power  in  prayer  and  the  resultant 
gift  of  consolation,  caused  his  services  to  be  sought 
in  the  conduct  of  funerals,  and  he  had  officiated  on 
more  than  fifty  such  occasions. 
Children : 
1_8  WILLIAM  DE  MOTT,  born  July  11,  1857,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Aten,  May  17,  1881.    He  died  July 
27,  1900.     One  son, 
1_9  Norville  De  Mott.  born  April  30,  1882,  married 
to  Lida  Staff,  Oct.  22,  1907. 
2_8  EFFIE  DE  MOTT,  born  April  12,  1862,  married 
John  A.  La  Grange,  Aug.  6,  1879. 
Children : 
1_9  Edna  LaGrange,    born    June  2,  1880,    married 

Louis  Eber  Bateman,  Oct.  3,  1905. 
Children : 

1_10  Eber  LaGrange  Bateman,  born  September 

15,  1906. 
2_10  Harriet  Bateman,  born  Oct.  29,  1909. 
2_9  Mabel  La  Grange,  born  June  1,  1883,  died  Feb. 
13,  1911. 


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3-8   MARGARET  DE  MOTT,  born  July  22,  1867,  mar- 
ried Dr.  William   Carson,  Nov.  27,   18S5.      They 
had  one  daughter, 
1_9  Sarah  De  Mott  Carson,    born  Feb.  1891,    died 
June,  1891. 
4_8  ANNA  DE  MOTT,  born  Sept.  28,  1871,  married 
William  A.  Terrill,  Sept.  22,  1892. 
Children : 

1_9  Ruth  Terrill,  born  Jan.  24,  1894. 
2_9  William  Terrill,  born  May  19,  1896. 
3_9   Martha  Terrill,  Horn  Nov.  4,  1898. 
4_9   Mark  Terrill,  born  Sept.  26.  1901. 
5_9   Howard  Terrill,  born  Sept.  1,  1905. 
.7   MARTHA  DE  MOTT,  born  Dec.  30,  1838,  married 
Isaac  F.  Voorhies,  Oct.  13,  1859. 
Children : 
1_8  LAURILLA  VOORHIES,  born  Aug.  11,  1860,  mar- 
ried Cyrus  Alexander,  Nov.  2S,  1878.     One  son, 
1_9  Ray    Adams    Alexander,    born  April  25,  1882, 
married  Bess  W.  Mason.  Oct.  6,  1909. 
2_8  ANNA  MARY  VOORHIES,  born  May  9,  1864. 
3_8  SARAH  ALICE  VOORHIES.  born  July  24.  1867, 
married  Willard  Mortimer  Day,  Dec.  26,  1900. 
Children: 

1_9   Mildred  Vione  Dav,  born  Dec.  2,  1901. 
2_9  Willard  Franklin  Day,  born  Sept.  2,  1904. 
4_8  LEMMA  MAE  VOORHIES,  born  April  10,  1876, 
married  Clinton  Churchill  Collins,  Dec.  30,  1903. 
Children: 

1_9  Martha  Josephine  Collins,  born  Sept.  14,  1910. 
2_9  Catherine  Skidmore  Collins,  born  July  21,  1913. 
.7  GEORGE  DE  MOTT,  born  April  10,  1840,  married 
Elizabeth  Ann  Vandiveer,  Oct.  22,  1862.  Married 
2d,  Martha  Ransdall  Dec.  24,  1874.  He  died  March 
30,  1880. 

Children  by  1st  marriage: 
1-8  LESSIE  DE  MOTT,  born  July  26,  1863,  married 
John  McQuiston,  Oct.  26,  1889. 
Children  : 
1-9   Ralph  McQuiston,  born  Aug.  7,  1890,  died  Aug. 

21,  1890. 
2-9   Catherine  McQuiston,  born  Feb.  21,  1893. 


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3_9  Elizabeth    McQuiston,    born    March    18,    1900, 
died  Oct.  11,  1909. 
2_8  OPHELIA  DE  MOTT,  born  June  29.  1865. 
3_8  DAVID  DE  MOTT,  born  Oct.  26,  1S67,  married 
Cora  Cook,  Oct.  18,  1892. 
Children  : 

1_9  Boweri  De  Mott,  born  Oct.  30,  1899. 
4_8  MAGGIE  DE  MOTT,  born  Nov.  4.  1870,  married 
Dr.  H.  A.  Adams,  April  17,  1901. 
Children  by  2nd  Marriage : 
LENA  DE  MOTT,  born  Aug.  24,  1876,  married  Elmer 
Boone.  Nov.  23,  1898. 
Children: 

1_9   Mary  Boone,  bom  Dec.  7,  1899. 
2_9   Howard  Boone,  born  April  16,  1903. 
3_9  Emma  Boone,  born  May  17,1903. 
4_9  Pauline  Boone,  born  Nov.  5,  1904. 
5_9  Josephine  Boone,  born  Aug.  1911. 
6_9  Francis  Boone,  born  Jan.  1915. 


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CHAPTER  VIII 

ISAAC  VAN  NUYS 

Isaac  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 

Descendants  of  Isaac  and  Flora  (Quick)  Van  Nuys  in 
line  of  their  son  Isaac. 

3_5  ISAAC  VAN  NUYS,  was  born  May  3,  1765,  near 
Millstone,  Somerset  Co.,  N.  J.  On  May  22,  1793,  in  Mercer 
Co.,  Ky.,  whither  each  has  gone,  he  married  Leah  Banta, 
born  Sept.  12,  1774,  in  Penn.,  daughter  of  Hendrick 
and  Maria  (Stryker)  Banta.  They  went  to  Switzerland 
County,  Indiana,  in  1816,  and  he  died  there,  Dec.  28, 
1845,  it  is  supposed,  altho  his  grave  is  in  the  burying 
ground  of  the  Old  Dutch  Meeting  house  in  Mercer  Coun- 
ty. Ky.  Leah  Banta  Van  Nuys  died  June  11,  1857.  He 
was  a  farmer.  They  had  a  remarkable  family  of  four- 
teen children,  all  of  whom  grew  to  maturity,  and  with  one 
exception,  left  descendants.  Nearly  all  of  this  numer- 
ous family  were  of  the  Presbyterian  faith. 

Seven  of  the  fourteen  removed  to  Iowa  long  before  the 
Civil  War,  Henry  locating  in  Benton  County,  near  Vinton, 
and  the  others  in  Des  Moines  County,  north  of  Burlington. 

The  following  is  taken  from  "A  History  of  Yellow 
Springs  and  Huron  Townships  in  Des  Moines  County.'' 

"In  1842-  and  earlier  there  came  five  brothers  to  this 
region  and  made  their  home  here.  They  were  Abraham, 
Cornelius,  Albert,  Thomas  and  William  Van  Nice.  They 
settled  close  together  and  near  their  sister,  Mrs.  Mary 
Bandy,  who  had  settled  here  in  1838,  but  the  homes  of 
two,  Abraham  and  Thomas  were  just  over  the  line  in 
Benton  Township.  Thomas  died  soon  after  he  came, 
leaving  two  sons,  Henry  and  Samuel.  Abraham,  altho 
living  in  Benton  Twp.,  contributed  his  share  to  the  pros- 
perity of  our  townships." 

In  reading  this  history  we  find  that  the  Van  Nices  and 
Bandys  were  very  prominent  among  the  early  seitlers  of 
Des  Moines  County,  John  and  Mrs.  Bandy  and  daughter 
Rachel,  and  Cornelius  and  Susan  Dickerson  Van  Nice  were 
five  of  the  eleven  charter  members  of  the  New  School 
Presbyterian    Church,    organized    at    Kossuth,  Sept.  12, 

NOTE — The  first  figure  indicates  order  in  the  family;  the  second 
indicates  the  numher  of  the  generation  in  America. 


72  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


1840,  and  all  these  six  families  helped  to  found  the  Yel- 
low Springs  College,  so  important  an  institution  in  that 
region  before  the  war. 

1_6  LEAH  VAN  NUYS 
born  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  Feb.  24,  1794,  was 
married  there  Aug.  1,  1811,  to  Peter  Banta,  sun  of  Peter 
and  Rachel  Banta.  He  was  born  Dec.  23,  1792,  and  died 
Oct.  6,  1851.  She  died  March  1,  the  same  year.  They 
moved  to  Johnson  county  Indiana  in  1828,  where  they 
united  with  the  Hopewell  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was 
a  farmer,  a  modest  retiring  man.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Indian  wars. 

Children: 
1.7  RACHEL  BANTA,  born  Oct.  9,  1812,  married  Fran- 
cis Johnson  Dobbins  Sept.  26,  1839.     He  was  born  in 
South  Carolina,  May  3,  1808  and  died  en  June  14, 
1881.     She  died  Oct.  30,  1882. 
Children : 
1_8  JAMES  HARVEY  DOBBINS,  born  July  3.  1840. 
2_8  WM.  MILLER  DOBBINS,  born  Jan.  21,  1843,  died 

Sept.  24,  1850. 
3_8  PETER  BANTA  DOBBINS,    born    May  15,  1844, 
married  Sarah   M.  Botefuhr,  Jan   26,   1874,   who 
was  born  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Feb.  8,  1850.     They 
lived  at  Jacksonville,  Florida. 
Children : 

1_9  Etta  Frances  Dobbins,  born  Sept.  12,  1880. 
2_9   Gussie  Dobbins,  born  Dec.  2,  1882,  died  Dec.  2, 

1882. 
3_9   Mary  Harvey  Dobbins,  born  May  4,  1884. 
4_9   Alice  Estelle  Dobbins,  born  April  16,  1886. 
4_8  MARY  CATHERINE  DOBBINS,    born    Sept.  16, 

1845,  died  Sept.  26,  1846. 
5_8  ALBERT    NEWTON    DOBBINS,    born    Feb.    17, 
1847,    married    Malinda  Howell,    June  24,  1875. 
She  was  born  in  Georgia,  July  31,  1853.    They  liv- 
ed in  Jacksonville,  Fla. 
Children: 

1..9  Arthur  Newton  Dobbins,  born  April  1,  1876. 
2_9  Emma  Gertrude  Dobbins,  born  Sept.  4,  1877. 
3_9   Annie  Irene  Dobbins,  born  March  7.  1879. 
6_8  LOUISIANA    WOODS    DOBBINS,    born  June  9, 
1850,  died  Sept.  29,  1850. 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND  FLORA  VAX  NCYS(ISAAC   3-5)    72 


2.7  ISAAC  BANTA,  born  Oct.  18,  1814,  died  Sept.  15, 

1817. 
3-7  LEAH  BANTA,    born    Jan.    4,    1816,    died  Sept.  11, 

1817. 

4_7  POLLY  BANTA,  born  Jan.  28,  1818,  died  June  18, 
1822. 

5_7  ANNA  BANTA,  bom  April  18,  1819,  died  March  7, 
1821. 

C_7  ABRAHAM  BANTA,  born  Nov.   16,   1820,  died  in 
1843. 

7.7  ZURILDA  BANTA,  born  1822.  Married  A.  Hender- 
son. 

8_7  ISAAC  BANTA,  born  Dec.  4.  1823,  married  Nancv 

Rodgers,  Oct.  10,  1844.  No  issue. 
9_7  LEAH  BANTA,  bom  Nov.  25.   1825,  married  Win. 

Huffman.     She  died  Sept.  29.  1853. 
10_7  ALBERT  BANTA,   born    Aug.    31,    1827,   married 
Martha  Sebern,  April.   13,  1848.     She  died  in  Sep- 
tember, 1854.     He  married  again.  Mary  Jane  Dick- 
son, who  was  bora    at  Armagh.  Ireland,    April    23. 
1829.     He    was  a  contractor    in  Indiana.     He  died 
March  22,  1882.  His  widow  lives  at  Jefferson,  Texas. 
Children  by  first  wife  : 
1-8  ABRAHAM   CORNELIUS  BANTA,  born  Julv  8, 
1849,  married  Margaret  Carnine,  Feb.  17,   1876, 
who  was  bom  June  29.  1853,  and  died  July  12, 
1881.  Sept.  13,  1882  he  married  Eiminia  Van  Ars- 
dale,   who   was  born  Sept.   3,    1863.     They  were 
Presbyterians  and  lived  at    Bridgeport,    Indiana, 
where  he  died  in  1912.     His  widow  is  still  living 
there. 
Children  by  first  wife  : 

1-9  Samuel  Nicholas,  born  April  27,  1877, 
Children  by  second  wife: 
2_9  Ethel  May  Banta,  born  May  2,  1884. 
3-9  Bessie  Banta,  born  Dec.  28',  1886.  died  Dec.  29 

1886. 
4_9  Albert  McCauley  Banta,    born    Dec.    29,  1887 

died  Aug.  1,  1888. 
5-9  Leonie  Banta,  born  Julv  24,  1889,  died  Au"   2 
1889.  ' 


74  VAN'XUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


Children  of  Albert  Banta  by  second  wife: 
2_8  WILLIAM  ALLEN  BANTA.  bom  March  29,  1856, 
died  Oct.  17,  1876. 

3_8  SARAH  BELL  BANTA,  born  Oct.  7,  1859.     Live? 

at  Jefferson,  Texas. 
4_8  ALBERT  DICKSON  BANTA  was  born  at  Frank- 
lin, Johnson  County,  Ind.,  Dec.  11,  1863.  His  home 
is  at  Jefferson,  Texas,  but  he  is  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  a  company  in  the  lumber  business,  which 
keeps  him  much  away. 
11_7  JACOB  BANTA,  born  June  22,  1829,  married  Sar- 
ah F.  Waltman.     He  died  and  his  widow  married 
again  Thomas  J.  Kelso.     One  son. 
1_8   HIRAM  BANTA. 
12_7  SAMUEL  BANTA,  born  May  16,  1831,  married  El- 
zora  Hedden,  Nov.  27,  1862.     They  lived  in  Frank- 
lin, Ind.    No  children. 
13_7  KATHERINE  BANTA,  born  March  16,  1833,  died 

Nov.  2,  1839. 
14_7   MARY  ANN  BANTA,    born  March  20,  1835,    died 

May  22,  1838. 
15_7  ROBERT  M.  BANTA,  born  April  16,  1838,  married 
Esther  Ann  Crump,    April  2,  1874.     She    was    born 
Oct.  16,  1852.     He  was  a  farmer  at  Greenfield,  Ind., 
where  he  died  Aug.  2,  1909,  and  where  his  widow 
still  resides. 
Children : 
1_8  ISAAC  BANTA,  born  May  16,  1875,  in  Hancock 
Countv,  Ind.,  married  Jan.  19,  1898  at  Van  Buren, 
Ind.,  Nellie  Huff,  bom  June  11,  1880.     They  had 
three  children,  of  whom  only  one 
1_9     Claude  Banta  is  living.     He  married  2nd.  Ethel 
L.  Howells,  nee  Smith  of  Los  Angeles,  on  Dec.  30. 
1911.    She  was  born  Aug.  6,  1889.     They  live  at 
Watts,  Calif.,  where  he  is  manager  of  an  oil  der- 
ricks company.     They  have  one  son. 
2_9  Robert  H.  Banta,  born  March  25,  1913. 
2_8  MARTHA  ELLEN  BANTA,  born  March  26,  1879, 

died  July  13,  1879. 
3_8   MARY  ELZORA  BANTA,  twin  to  Martha,  died 
July  15,  1879. 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC   AND   FLORA  VAN   NUYS(ISAAC   3_5) 


4_8  NOBLE  EARL  BANTA,  born  Nov.  29,  1881.  mar- 
ried Feb.  7,  1902,  Cassie  A.  Pulley,  who  died  May 
17,  1913.    He  lives  at  Greenfield,  Ind. 
Children: 

1_9  Jennie  Banta,  born  in  1903,  died  in  1907. 
2_9   Julia  Banta,  born  Dec.  4,  1908. 
5_8  ANDREW    ALEXANDER   BANTA,    born  Aug.  9, 
1885,  married  Oct.  14,  1909  at  Los  Angeles,  Hulda 
Wickland.    He  makes  his  home  in  Baldwin,  Calif., 
but  is  working  in  China  for  the  Standard  Oil  Co. 
No  children.  Now  spells  the  name  Bonta. 
6_8  WESLEY  BANTA,  born  Dec.  29,   1886.  married 
Oct.  10,  1909,  Victoria  Chatman.     They  have  one 
son. 

2_6  HENRY  VAN  NICE 
son  of  Isaac  Van  Nuys  and  Leah  Banta,  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky, June  22,  1795,  and  on  June  22,  1819.  his  twenty, 
fourth  birthday,  he  was  married  to  Leah  Voris,  who  was 
born  March  6,  1799.  (See  Voorhees  lineage).  They  went 
to  Switzerland  County,  Ind.,  in  1822,  and  lived  there  on 
a  farm  until  1836,  when  they  removed  to  Johnson  County, 
Ind.  In  1853  they  again  turned  their  faces  westward,  go- 
ing to  Iowa,  where  they  located  in  Benton  County,  near 
Vinton.  Here  he  died  Aug.  10,  1873.  They  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  grounded  their 
children  firmly  in  the  faith. 

Mrs.  Leah  Williams  Beresford  has  a  record,  part  of 
which  reads,  "Albert  Voris,  father  of  Leah  Van  Nice, 
fought  in  the  Revolution,  and  Henry  Van  Nice  in  the  War 
of  1812." 

Henry  and  Leah  Van  Nice  were  the  parents  of  twelve 
Children: 
1-7   MARY  ANN  VAN  NICE,  born  June  22,  1820,  mar- 
ried John  V.  Covert  in  1841.    She  died  July  22,  1866. 
Children : 
1-8  SARAH  JANE  COVERT,  born  Jan.  2,  1842,  mar- 
ried William  Westover,  Jan.  22,  1859.     She  died 
April  23,  1880. 
Children : 

1-9   Myron   Westover   of  Schenectady,   N.  Y.,    who 
married  Louise  Ham.     One  son, 
1-10  Wendel  Westover,  born  Aug.  2,  1895. 
2_9  Mary  Westover,  deceased. 


7G  VANKUTS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


3_9  William  Westover,  now  deceased,  who  married 

Laura  Pitts,  Dec.  19,  1888. 
Children: 

1_10   Winifred  Westover  Pearson  of  Cedar  Rap- 
ids, Iowa. 
2_10   Marion  Westover  of  Vinton,  Iowa. 
3_10   Myron  Westover. 
4_10  Raymond  Westover. 
2_8   ALBERT  N.  COVERT,  born  Nov.  5,  1843.  died  in 
1913.     He  married    Julia  Banta,    and    after    her 
death  married  again.     Two  of  his 
Children  : 

1_9  Homer  Covert. 
2_9   Mabel  Covert  McGee. 
3_8  ELIZABETH  AMANDA  COVERT,  born  Oct.  13. 
1845,  died  about  1914.     On  Jan.  1,  1871  she  was 
married  to  T.  B.  McClue.  They  live  at  Lanesboro, 
Iowa. 
Children: 

1_9   Charles  McClue. 
2_9  Byron  McClue. 
4_8   HENRY  V.  COVERT,  born  May  26,  1848,  married 
Theresa  Holmes     in  March,   1873.     They  live  at 
Cherokee,  Iowa. 
Children : 
1_9  Lillie  Covert,  born  Jan.  7,  1874.  She  resides  in 

Omaha. 
2_9  Clarence  Covert,  born  Jan.  24,  1876. 
3_9  Jessie  Covert,  born  Oct.  18,  1882. 
4_9   Hazeltine  Covert. 
5_8  CORNELIUS  M.  COVERT,  born  March  23,  1850, 
married  on  Oct.  1,  1874  Ernalissa  Ransdell. 
Children : 

1_9  Elsie  Covert,  born  March  6,  1876. 
2_9  Lola  Covert,  born  Jan.  19,  1881. 
3_9   Clifford  Covert,  born  in  June,  1886.     All  of  this 
family  live  in  Cherokee,  Iowa. 
6_8  JOHN  HARVEY  COVERT,  born  July  19,  1854, 
deceased.     He  married  and  left  two 
Children : 
1_9  Percy  Covert. 
2_9   Howard  Covert.  Both  live  in  Florence,  Nebr. 


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MARY   ALLEN    VAN   NICE 
Wife  of  Samuel  X.  Van  Nice 

(See  page   174) 

DESCENDANTS  ISAAC   AND  FLORA  VAN  NUYS( ISAAC   3_5)    77 


7_8  LEAH  CHRISTINA  COVERT,    born    March    31, 
1S58,  married  L.  E.  Smock,  Nov.  30,  187G.     They 
live  at  Vinton,  Iowa. 
Children: 
1_9  Anna  Smock,  who  married  David  Sebern  and 

had  three 
Children: 

1_10  Leah  Jeanette  Sebern.  born  Dec.  31,  1906. 
2_10  Wendel  Elmore  Sebern,  born  July  24,  1908. 
3_10  Ivan  Sebern,  born  Aug.  7,  1911,  died  May 
20,  1914. 
2_9  Ray  Smock,  who  lives  at  home. 
_7   ALBERT  VORIS  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Henry  and  Leah 
Voris    Van    Nice,    was   born    in  Shelby  County,  Ky., 
Aug.   8,  1821,    and    was   brought   by  his   parents  to 
Switzerland  County,  Ind.,  thence  to  Johnson  County. 
where  he  married  Rachel  Kerlin,  Sept.  23,  1847.  She 
was  born  in  Henry  County,  Ky.,  on  Jan.  14,  1827,  and 
was  a  daughter  of  George  and  Rachel  (Banta)  Ker- 
lin, who  had  been  married  in  Kentucky,  Dec.  5,  1816 
and  had  moved    to    Johnson  County,    Ind.,  in  1828. 
Albert  and  Rachel  Van  Nice  emigrated    to    Benton 
County,  Iowa,  in  1853.  where  he  entered  a  fine  farm, 
which  was  increased  to  600  acres.     When  the  town 
of  Vinton  was  incorporated  he  donated  the  site  for 
the  first  school  house  and  for  a  Presbyterian  church 
and  parsonage,  and  also  the  land  for  the  cemetery. 
He  lived  to  see  the  wild  prairies  of  the  region  trans- 
formed   into    prosperous    farms    interspersed   with 
thriving  towns,  in  bringing  about  which  change  he 
had  a  prominent  part.     He  died  in  March,  1888. 
Children: 
1-8   MARY  C.  VAN  NICE,  born  Aug.  28,  1848  in  John- 
son County,  Ind.,  was  married  to  J.  R.  Culp,  Oct. 
18,  1866.     She  died  March  14,  1894,  leaving  four 
Children: 

1-9  Elmer  Culp,  of  Gregory,  South  Dakota. 
2_9  Edward  Culp,  also  of  Gregory,  S.  D. 
3_9  Albert  Culp  of  Hartford,  S.  D. 
4_9  Katherine  Culp,  of  Paulina,  Iowa. 
2-8  LEAH  A.  VAN  NICE,  born  June  27,  1850,  died  in 
infancy. 


VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


3_8  HENRY  CALVIN  VAN  NICE,  born  Nov.  10,  1S52. 
in  Johnson  County,  Ind.,  married  Carrie  D.  Chap- 
in,  Sept.  24,  1873.    He  died  May  15,  1893,  leaving 
two 
Children : 

1_9  Annie  Rachel  Van  Nice,    who    married    M.  H. 
Long,  Feb.  28,  1899.     They    live    in  Chandler, 
Minn. 
Children : 

1_10   Dorothy  Duret  Long,  born  Nov.  14.  1900. 
2_10   Helen  Nina  Long,  born  Jan.  21,  1902. 
3_10  Francis  Wayne  Long,  born  Jan.  5,  1904. 
4_10   John  Henrv  Long,  born  Nov    19,  1910. 
5_10  Lois  Long,  born  April  24,  1916. 
6_10  Lola  Long,  twin  of  Lois. 
2_9   Glenn  C.  Van  Nice,  who  married  on  Nov.  26, 
1903,  Delia  Leah  Eggleston,  born  Aug.  14,  1882. 
Children : 

1_10  Harris  Calvin  Van  Nice,  born  Sept.  12,  1904. 
2_10  Jeanette  Irene  Van  Nice,  born  Oct.  14,  1905. 
3_10  Rachel  Alien  Van  Nice  ,born  July  27,  1908, 

died  Feb.  3,  1914. 
4_10  Francis  Robert  Van  Nice,  born   March  27, 

1911,  died  March  29,  1911. 
5_10  Isaac  Clinton  Van  Nice,  born  April  10,  1912. 
6_10  Robert  Warren  Van  Nice,  born  May  9,  1916. 
4_8  JOHN  NEWTON  VAN  NICE,  born  July  8,  1855, 

in  Iowa,  died  in  infancv. 
5_8  GEORGE  A.  VAN  NICE,  born  Nov.  17,  1857,  in 
Benton  County,  Iowa,     married     Rachel  Ravens- 
croft,  Dec.  19,  1878.     He  died  Jan.  25,  1891,  leav- 
ing four 
Children: 

1_9   Warren  Lee  Van  Nice  of  Hampton,  Iowa. 
2_9   Mattie  Van  Nice  of  Minneapolis. 
3_9   Mae  Van  Nice,  Minneapolis. 
4_9  Leona  Van  Nice  of  Huron,  S.  D. 
G_8  KATIE  E.  VAN  NICE,  born  in  Iowa  July  11,  1860, 
married  A.  L.  Findley,  Jan.  1,  1890.     They  lived 
at  Traer,  Iowa,  where  she  died  May  15,  1893.  One 
daughter, 
1_9   Margaret  Findley  Hightown,  who  lives  at  Mus- 
catine, Iowa. 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND  FLORA  VAN  NUYS(ISA.AC   3_5) 


7  8  EDMOND    HARVEY   VAN    NICE,   born   Feb.  6, 

1863,  died  single,  May  18,  1889. 
8_8  RACHEL  LEAH  VAN  NICE,  born  June  8,  18G5, 

died  unmarried  March  23,  1891. 
9_8  JAMES    ANDREW  VAN  NICE,    born    Sept.   18, 

1867,  died  unmarried  July  15,  1904. 
10_8  ISAAC  W.  VAN  NICE,  bom  Feb.  5,  1871,  in  Ben- 
ton, County,  Iowa,  married  Margaret  Greenley, 
June  30,  1897.  They  live  near  Garrison,  Iowa, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  banking,  farming  and  the 
fine  stock  business,  and  is  prominent  in  every 
movement  for  the  progress  and  welfare  of  the 
community. 
Children : 

1_9  James  Andrew  Van  Nice,  born  Jan.  2,  1902. 
2_9  Rachel  Leah  Van  Nice,  born  June  4,  1905. 
3_9  Florence  Ellen  Van  Nice,  born  Oct.  18.  1909. 
3_7  ISAAC  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Isaac  and  Leah,  born  Nov. 

24.  1822.    No  further  record. 
4_7  ELIZABETH  VAN  NICE,  born  Feb.  15.  1824,  mar- 
ried Bern".  F.  Williams.  March  21,   1859.     He  died 
Oct.  30,  1912.    Elizabeth  Williams  died  Feb.  3,  1916, 
at  the.  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Beresford,  near 
Garrison,  Iowa.     She  lacked     only     twelve     days  of 
reaching  the  age  of  92  years. 
Children : 
1-8  LEAH  MARGARET  WILLIAMS,    born    Dec.  15, 
1859,    married    Howard    L.    Beresford,    Dec.  16. 
1879.   They  live  near  Vinton,  Iowa. 
Children : 

1-9   Cecile    Alien    Beresford,    bom    Sept.    28,  1881, 
married  Arthur  J.  Auld,  Jan.  23,  1902.     They 
live  near  Vinton  in  Benton  County,  Iowa. 
Children : 

1-10  Emorv  Auld,  born  Dec.  2,  1902. 
2_10  Leland  Auld.  born  May  13,  1905. 
3_10  Bvron  Marine  Auld,  born  May  9,  1907. 
4_10  Howard  Stephen  Auld,  born  Feb.  9,  1911. 
2_9  Ethel  Margaret  Beresford,  born  Aug.  19,  1883, 
married  Dr.  J.  B.  Porter  of  Dysart,  Iowa,  Aug. 
19,  1908. 
Children: 

1-10  Rex  Tudor  Porter,  born  Oct.  16,  1910. 
2_10  Philip  Beresford  Porter,  born  Jan.  5,  1915. 


80  VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


3_9  Edgar  Rex  Beresford.  born  Dec.  18,  1885.  mar- 
ried Mary  Blogotte,  Sept.  26,  1912.     They  live 
at  Ames,  Iowa.     One  son, 
1_10  Robert  Beresford,  born  June  17,  1914. 
4_9  Frank  Leon  Beresford,  born  Dec.  22,  1890,  mar- 
ried Nellie  Patterson,  Oct.  6,  1915.    They  live  at 
Garrison,  Iowa. 
5_9  Emory  Hobart  Beresford,  born  Dec.  6,  1896. 
6_9   Helen  Elizabeth  Beresford,  born  Jan.  5,  1900. 
7_9  Howard  Clinton  Beresford,  born  Sept.  11,  1902. 
2_8  NELSON  HARVEY  WILLIAMS,    born    Jan.    17. 

1861,  died  Nov.  27,  1889. 
3_8  EDGAR  SAMUEL  WILLIAMS,  born  Nov.  8,  1862, 

died  May  11,  1889. 
4.8   MARY  H.  WILLIAMS,  born  April  29,  1868,  died 
July  22,  1868. 
5_7  CATHERINE  VAN  NICE,    daughter    of  Henry  and 
Leah,  born  Dec.  2,  1825.  after  the  death  of  her  sister. 
Mary  Ann  in  1866,  married  John  V.  Covert  in  Oct. 
1873.     She  died  in  March.  1885. 
6_7  LEAH  JANE  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Leah  Voris  Van  Nice,  was  born  March  22,  1827,  in 
Switzerland  Co.,  Ind.,  and  was  married  to  Abraham 
Sebern  in  Benton  County,  Iowa. 
Children  : 
1_8  ORIEN  VAN  NICE  SEBERN,  born  in  Johnson  Co., 
Ind.,  Nov.  13,  1848,  married  Lois  Velina  Goodell 
at  Vinton,  Iowa,  Jan.  3,  1883.    They  live  at  Merid- 
ian, Idaho,  near  Boise. 
Children : 

1_9  Earl  Goodell  Sebern,  born  Oct.  22,  1883,  died 
in  Wyoming,  where  the  family  then  lived,  at 
the  age  of  sixteen. 
2_9  Edith  Lois  Sebern,  born  Oct.  28,  1884. 
3_9   Oral  Wvoma  Sebern,  born  Nov.  11,  1892. 
4_9  Glenn  Edgar  Sebern,  born  May  2,  1895. 
2_8  EMMA  SEBERN,  born  in  Indiana,  Dec.  2,  1851, 
married  Charles  Lee  of  Vinton,  Iowa. 
Children: 

1_9  Muzetta  Lee  of  Vinton,  la. 
2_9  Regina  Lee  of  Odebolt,  la. 
3_9  Pearl  Lee  of  Odebolt,  la. 


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3_8  SOPHRONIA  SEBERN,  born  in  Indiana,  married 
Clinton  C.  Lytle.    They  live  at  Denison,  Iowa. 
Children: 

1_9   Guy  Sebern  Lytle,  of  Odebolt,  Iowa. 
2_0  Blanche  Lvtle,  of  Gilman,  Iowa. 
3_9  Lola  Millie  Lytle. 
4_9  Rollo  C.  Lvtle  of  Milton.  Oregon. 
4_8  HARVEY  ORLANDO  SEBERN.    born    at  Vinton, 
Iowa,  in  1858,  married  Alice  Lawrence  of  Boise, 
Idaho.     No  children. 
7.7  HENRY  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Henry  and  Leah,  born 

Dec.  4,  1828,  died  March  27.  1834. 
8_7  JOHN  NEWTON  VAN  NICE,  born  Sept.  20,  1831, 
married    Callie    Williams.     They    lived    at    Omaha, 
Nebr.     They  had  two  sons,  Charles  and  William  bur 
their  whereabouts  are  unknown. 
9_7   CORNELIUS    HARVEY    VAN    NICE,  born  Dec.  2, 

1833,  died  Dec.  3,  1853. 
10.7  HENRY  CALVIN  VAN  NICE,  born  May  17,  1836, 

died  Aug.  4.  1843. 
U_7   ARCHIBALD  VAN  NICE,  born  Jan.  7,  1838,  died 

Jan.  21,  1844. 
12_7  EMELINE  VAN  NICE,    born  Dec.  20,  1839,    died 
Jan.  24,  1843. 

3_6  ISAAC  VAN  NICE 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah  Banta  Van  Nice,  was  born  Nov.  2, 
179G,  in  Kentucky.     He  married  first,    Agnes  Blunk    in 
1820,  in  Switzerland  County,  Ind.,  and  married  2nd,  Jane 
E.  Benefiel,  who  was  born  Dec.  8,  1798,  in  Clarke  Coun- 
ty, Ky.     He  was  a  farmer.     They  first  lived  in  Jefferson 
County,  Ind.,  then  about  1834  removed  to  Clinton,  Coun- 
ty, where  he  died  Oct.  3,  1844.    In  1853  his  widow  moved 
to  Lebanon.  Ind..    and  in  1871  to  Taylor  County,    Iowa, 
where  she  died,  March  13,  1883. 
Children  bv  first  marriage: 
1-7  LEAH  VAN  NICE,  born  June  16,  1825.  was  married 
Oct.  13,  1846  to  Reuben  Peter  of  Rossville,  Ind.    She 
died  in  January,  1903. 
Children : 
1-8   HARRIET  I.  PETER,  born  Oct.  15,  1848,  died  Oct. 

22,  1865. 
2-8  JAMES  C.  PETER,    born    Sept.  9,  1850,    married 
Rebecca  A.  Fritz,  Oct.  3,  1872.     He  died  Jan.  7, 
1874. 


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3_8  IRVIN  S.  PETER,     born  Oct.  16,  1S52,     married 

Hettie  A.  Wilev. 
4_S  JOHN  Q.  A.  PETER,  was  bom  April  19.  1855, 
and  was  married  to  Mary  O.  Gimkle.  Aug.  20, 
1882.  He  is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Rossville,  Clin- 
ton County,  Ind.  They  and  most  of  their  family 
are  Methodists. 
Children: 

1_9  Madison  Chester  Peter,  born  at  Rossville,  lnd.T 
Nov.  29,  1883,  married  Henrietta  Moore  at  Mul- 
berry, Ind.,  Nov.  19,  1910.  He  is  a  plumber.  He 
is  Republican  in  politics  and  a  K.  of  P.  They 
si  a  Republican  and  a  K.  of  P.  Thev  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  church  at  Palmdale,  Calif 
2_9  Bessie  EInora  Peter,  born  Sept.  13,  1885,  mar- 
ried Oscar  Benton  Haslet  at  Rossville,  Nov.  19, 
1902.  He  is  a  farmer  at  Geetingsville,  Ind 
They  are  Presbyterians. 
Children  : 

1-10  Bethel  Lorena  Haslet,  born  March  14,  1903. 
2_10  Leslie  Leroy  Haslet,  born  Aug.  24.  1904. 
3_10   Mary  Jane  Haslet,  born  April  4,  1907. 
4_10   Howard  Benton  Haslet,  born  Aug.  17.  1912. 
5_10   Marvin  Elmo  Haslet,  born  Feb.  21,  1914.  All 
born  at  Geetingsville. 
3_9   Jessie  Alice  Peter,  born  Aug.  3,  1887.  married 
Robert  Andrew  Kemper  at  Frankfort,  Ind..  Nov. 
23,  1912.     He  is  a  carpenter  at  Marshalltown, 
Iowa.     They  are  Methodists  and  Republicans. 
4_9  Lelia    May  Peter,    born  at  Rossville,    Aug.  30, 
1889.     She  is  a  telephone  operator  at  Ross\ille. 
5_9   Wm.  Harrison  Peter,  born  Dec.  1,  1891  is  a  K. 

of  P.  at  Rossville. 
6_9   Mabel  Gwendolyn  Peter,  was  born  in  Lincoln, 
Nebr.,  Jan.  18,  1895.     She  is  an  instructor  in  a 
school  at  Rossville. 
7_9  Naomi  Ruth  Peter  was  born  at  Lincoln,  Aug.  5, 

1897. 
8_9   Delbert  Dale  Peter  was  born  at  Rossville,  Ind., 

May  19,  1900. 
9_9   Clarence    Valentine    Peter    was  born    Feb.  14, 

1903. 
10_9  John  Maurice  Cleo  Peter    born    in    Rossville, 
Sept.  7,  1906. 


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5_8  HENRY  F.  PETERS  was  bom  June  9,  1857  and 
on  April  22,  1888  married  Mary  Popjoy  of  Ores- 
ton,  Iowa.    He  is  in  the  real  estate  business  at  Lin- 
coln, Nebraska,  where  they  live  at  2817  Holdrege 
Street.     They  have  one  daughter, 
1_9  Frances  L.  Peters,  born  March  1,  1889  at  Cres- 
ton,  Iowa.     She  married  on  Oct.  14,  1914,  Mr. 
Hosic,  special  accountant  for  Woods  Eros,   at 
Lincoln.     They  are  all  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist church. 
6_8  LANORA  ALICE  PETER  was  born  "Feb.  20.  1859, 
near  Rossville,  Ind.,   and  was  married  April   10, 
1879  to  Myron  V.  Steward,  a  teacher.     He  died 
in  1883,    and  on    May  2,  1889    she  was    married 
again  at  Lincoln,  Nebr.,  to  Albert  K.  Harder.  He 
is  a  carpenter  and  they  live  in  Indianapolis.  They 
are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Children,  1st  marriage: 

1_9  Laura  Mabel  Steward,  born  Sept.  2G,  1880,  died 

Jan.  5,  1884. 
2_9  Arthur  Leroy  Steward,  born  July  20.  1883.  He 

is  a  dentist  in  Indianapolis. 
Children,  2nd  marriage : 

3_9  Bernice  Lucile  Harder  born  Jan.  21,  1891. 
4_9   Mildred  Marguerite  Harder,  born  Oct.  12,  1899. 
7_8  EDWARD  LAUREL  PETER  was  born   Aug.    12, 
1861  and  married  on  July  31,  1882,  Cora  A.  Rob- 
inson.    He  is  a  physician  and  surgeon  at  Flora, 
Ind.     He  graduated  in  1889  and  his  professional 
practice  has   been  continuous  since.     He  has  been 
R.  R.  surgeon    for    the    Pennsylvania    Line    since 
1902.     He  is  a  32d  degree  mason  of  "Valley  of 
Indianapolis"  and  a  York  Rite  mason,  Delphi  Com- 
mandery,  No.  40,  K.  T.     He  and  all  his  family  are 
Presbyterians. 
Children : 
1-9  Nellie  Genevra  Peter,  born  Jan.  18,  1884,  died 

in  1907. 
2_9  Thomas  Dewitt  Peter,  born  Feb.  20.  1885,  mar- 
ried Ella  Withers  in  1906.     No  children.     He  is 
a  physician  and  has  been  in  partnership  with  Iv's 
father  since  he  graduated  in  1906.     He  is  a  32d 


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degree  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  "Valley  of  Indian- 
apolis". 
8_8   MARION  C.  PETER,  born  March  24,  1864.  died 

June  2,  1865. 
9_8   ORION  F.  PETER,  born  Nov.  22,  1865,  married 
Henrietta  Ballon  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  where  they 
live  at  2925  Apple  St. 
Children: 

1_9   Clair  E.  Peter,  born  Sept.  5,  1893. 
2_9  Hobart  M.  Peter,  born  Dec.  28.  1896.  ' 
3_9   Oval  D.  Peter,  born  May  15,  1898. 
10_8  ELIZA  DELL  PETERS,  born  Dec.  17,  1868,  mar- 
ried Irwin  H.  Bossuet,    Sept.  9,  1888    at  Creston, 
Iowa.    He  was  born  April  26,  1863.    He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  M.  W.  A.  Lodges.     They  are 
members  of  the  M.  E.  Church  and  live  in  Duluth, 
Minn. 
Children : 

1_9   Orien  Harris  Bossuet.    born    Dec.  28,  18S9.    at 
Lincoln,  Nebr.,  married  Evelyn  Paulu  at  Proc- 
tor, Minn.,  Jan.  1,  1913.     One  daughter    1_10 
Jane  Fay  Bossuet,  born  in  Duluth,  Aug.  3,  1914. 
He  is  chief  clerk  in  the  mechanical  department 
of  the  Canadian  Northern  R.  R.  at  Duluth.  They 
are  members    of  the    Presbyterian    church,  of 
Scottish  Clan  and  M.  W.  A. 
2_9  Harry  Dean  Bossuet,  born  July  12,  1891,  at  Lin- 
coln, Nebr.,  married  Fern  B.  Rappold,  Oct.  20, 
1914.     He  is  a  minister  in  the  M.  E.  Church  at 
Onamia,  Minn.     One  daughter, 
1_10   Miriam  Ardell  Bossuet,  born  Nov.  11,  1915, 
at  Onamia. 
3_9  Leah  Sarah  Bossuet  born  in  Le  Sueur  County, 
Minn.,  July  14,  1897,  H.  S.  graduate  of  1916.  ' 
2_7  JOHN  VAN  NUYS,  son  of  Isaac  and  Agnes  Blunk 
Vannice,  was  born  June  12,  1826,  and  was  twice  mar- 
ried. 

Children  of  Isaac  by  second  marriage. 
3_7   MARY  ANN  VAN  NUYS,  born  Dec.  29,  1833,  died 

June  2,  1834. 
4..7  AGNES  BLUNK  VAN  NUYS.  bom  Nov.  29,  1834, 
died  June  2,  1853. 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC   AND  FLORA  VAN  NUYS(ISAAC   3_5)    S5 


5_7  ELIZA  BENEFIEL  VAN  NUYS,  bom  Oct.  29,  1836, 
was  married  in  Clinton  County,  Ind.,  Dec.  25,  1855, 
to  David  Henry  Hamilton.     He  was  an  attorney  in 
Lebanon,  Ind.,  many  years,  but  in  1871  he  removed 
to  Taylor  County,  Iowa,  where  he  died  Jan.  2,  1895. 
Eliza  Van  Nice  Hamilton  is  living-  with  her  son  Frank 
in  that  County,  but  their  post  office  is  Hopkins,  Mo. 
They  had  eleven  children,  all  but  three  of  whom  died 
in  infancy.     Eliza  Hamilton  has  one  of  the  old  fam- 
ily Bibles,  the  entries  in  which  she  believes  to  be 
in  her  father's  handwriting,  but  he  omitted  dates  of 
both  his  marriages. 
Children: 
1_8  FRANK  HAMILTON  was  born  in  Lebanon.  Ind., 
April  6,  1857,  and  went  with  his  parents  to  Taylor 
County,  Iowa,  where  he  married  Louise  Dresner 
Dec.  25,  18S3.     He  is  a  farmer  in  Taylor  County. 
One  son  was  born  to  them. 
1_9  James  Ross  Hamilton,  born  Aug.  24,  1887,  died 
July  16,  1S90. 
2_8  JESSIE  ADELIA  HAMILTON  was  born  Feb.  24, 
1859,  at  Lebanon,  Ind.,  and  was  married  at  Bed- 
ford, Iowa,  Nov.  17,  1878  to  Walter  Ross.     They 
lived  in  Creston,  Iowa,  three  years  before  moving 
to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  in  1886.    She  died  there  June 
11,  1889.     Her  husband  is  a  merchant  in  Kansas 
City.     They  had  three 
Children : 

1_9  Irene  Ross,  born  Feb.  4,  1884,  married  Nov.  24, 
1911,  Ernest  Johnson,  who  is  in  the  insurance 
business.     They  live  at  2604  East  5th  St.,  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.,  and  have  one  son. 
1-10  Ernest  E.  Johnson,  Jr.,  born  Oct.  15,  1914  at 
Pittsburg,  Pa. 
2-9   Olga  Ross,  born  April  29,  1889,  at  Kansas  City, 
married  Henry  C.  Booker,  June  14,  1913.  They 
live  in  Kansas  City,  and  have  one  son. 
1-10  Walter  Ross  Booker,  born  July  16.  1914. 
3-9   Olive  Ross,  twin  of  Olga,  born  April  29,  1889, 
married  to  Harold  Wheelock.  June  26,  1915.  He 
is  an  architect  at  Arcadia,  Ohio. 
3-8  KATHERINE  B.  HAMILTON,  born  in  Lebanon, 
Ind.,  Aug.  10,  1867,  married  Augustine  H.  Craw- 


S6  VAXXUVS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


ford,  June  15,  1SS7.     The  next  year  they  went  to 
Denver.  Colo.,  but  in  1914  returned  to  Sioux  City, 
Iowa,  where  he  is  in  the  real  estate  business. 
Children : 

1_9  Vera  K.  Crawford,    born    March  12,  1889.    at 
Creston.  la.,  was  married  to  Bert  Brines.  June 
15,  1907.     They  live  in  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  where 
he  is  a  telephone  lineman.     They  have  one  son, 
1_10   Morris  Brines,  born  Aug.  27,  1910,  at  Den- 
ver, Colo. 
2_9  Ruth  Hamilton  Crawford,  born  Aug.  15,  1901. 
6_7   MARTHA  J.  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Jane 
Benenel  Van  Nice,  was  born  Sept.  24,  1838  and  died 
unmarried  Feb.  15,  1866. 
7_7  ESTHER  C.  VAN  NICE,  born  Feb.  13,  1841,  died  un- 
married Feb.  19,  1866. 

4_6  PETER  VAN  NUYS 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah  (Banta)  Van  Nuys,  was  born  in 
Shelby  County,  Ky.,  Feb.  5,  1798,  and  was  married  June 
7,  1821  to  Elizabeth  Banta  of  Bourbon  County,  Ky.,  bom 
Dec.  17,  1798,  and  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sallie 
(Shuck)  Banta.  They  moved  to  Switzerland  County, 
Indiana,  probably  about  the  time  his  father  went,  which 
was  in  1816,  and  he  died  there  in  1867.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Children : 
1_7  SARAH  ANN  VAN  NUYS  was  born  July  21,  1822, 
in  Switzerland  County,  Ind.,  and  was  married  to  Wil- 
liam M.  Weaver,  Nov.  5,  1840.    He  was  born  in  Nich- 
olas County,  Ky.,  Oct.  16,  1814  and  died  in  Indiana, 
Dec.  10,  1890.    She   died    at  Lebanon,    Ind.,    where 
they  lived.     They  had  eleven 
Children  : 
1_8  JAMES  HENRY  WEAVER,  born  Sept.,  1841.  in 
Switzerland  County,  Ind.,  died  Feb.  13,  1863,  at 
Murfreesboro,  Tenn,  in  the  Civil  War. 
2_8   MARY    ELIZABETH     WEAVER,    born    Nov.   6. 
1842,  married  William  H.  Richey,  Dec.  25,  1866, 
in  Boone  County,  Ind.  She  died  March  31,  1876. 
Children : 

1_9  Jennie    E.  Richey,    who  married    F.   M.   Can*, 
March  13,  1889.     They  have  two  sons. 


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2_9  James  W.  Richey,  who  married,  Aug.  1898,  and 
had  a  son  and  a  daughter,  but  both  died  young. 
3_9  Charles  E.  Richey,  married  Sept.  25,  1895  Millie 
Caldwell.     They  have  four  children. 
3_8  LEAH  ANN  WEAVER,  born  Jan.  1,  1844,  in  Swit- 
zerland County,  Ind.,  married  in  Tipton  County, 
Ind.,  April  2,  1862,  John  H.  Sexton.    Leah  Weaver 
died  Jan.  10,  1869,  at  Attica,  Ind.     They  had  one 
child. 
4_8  JOHN  WESLEY  WEAVER,  born  April  29,  1845, 
in  Switzerland  County,  Ind.,    married    Sarah    E. 
Stephenson  in  Lebanon,  Ind.,  Dec.  24,  1867.     He 
died  Dec,  1901. 
Children : 

1_9   Walter  Weaver. 
2_9   Charles  Weaver,  died  young. 
3_9  Lillian  Weaver,  died  young. 
4_9  Elmer  Weaver. 
5_9   Cora  Weaver. 
5_8  MARGARET  ALMIRA  WEAVER,  born,  Jan.  5. 
1847,  married  William  H.  Richey,  April  13,  1875 
at  Kokomo,  Ind.    Five  children  were  born  to  them. 
1_9  Frank  W.  Richey,  born  May  16,  1876,  died  Dec. 

10,  1885. 
2_9  Edgar  H.  Richey,  born  Aug.  19,  1879.  died  Feb. 

25,  1900. 
3_9  Elmer  A.  Richey,    born    July  4,  1881,    married 
Elizabeth  Higgins,    at  Lebanon,  Ind.,    Oct.  15, 
1902.     One  daughter. 
1_10   Margaret  Eleanor  Richey. 
4_9  Elbert  T.  Richey  born  July  4,  1881,  married  at 
Fowler,  Ind.,  Oct.  9,  1905,  Elsie  Barnes.     They 
have  one  son. 
1-10  Senior  B.  Richey. 
5_9  Ray  Ralph  Richey  was  born  Aug.  24,  1S86,  and 
married  Ada  Shaffer,  Sept.  8,  1906.  They  have 
three 
Children: 

1-10  Melvin  B.  Richey. 
2_10  Ralph  E.  Richey. 
3_10  Jane  S.  Richey. 
6-8  RACHEL  ELLEN  WEAVER,  born  Aug.  16,  1849, 
in  Switzerland  County,  Ind.,  married  William  Rob- 


§JJ  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


ert  Morrison,  Aug.  2,  1874,  in  Tipton  County,  Ind. 
No  children. 
7_8  WM.  HENRY  HARRISON  WEAVER,  born  Aug. 
4,  1851,  married  Sept.  20,  1874,  Caroline  Clark, 
who  was  born  March  17,  1S55.  He  died  Jan.  28, 
1901.  They  had  thirteen 
.     Children : 

1_9  Jacob  M.  Weaver,  born  Oct.  24,  1875. 
2_9  Stella  E.  Weaver,  born  Feb.  3,  1878,  was  mar- 
ried Sept.  24,  1897  to  Charles  T.  Nichols,  born 
June  12,  1867.    They  had  four 
Children : 

1_10  Sophia  Nichols,  bom  Julv  17,  1898. 

2_10   Ola  Nichols,  born  Dec.  24.  1900. 

3_10   Maynard  Nichols,  born   May  6,   1903,  died 

June  10,  1906. 
4_10  Farrel  Nichols,  born  Dec.  6,  1909. 
3_9  Beryl  M.  Weaver,  born  April  24,  1880. 
4_9  Iza  O.  Weaver,  born  March  26,  1882. 
5_9   Clarivel  A.  Weaver,  born  Nov.  29,  1883. 
6_9  Flossie  M.  Weaver,  born  April  5,  1885. 
7_9  Vernon  Weaver,  born  Aug.  24,  1886. 
8_9  Fannie  R.  Weaver,     born  Nov.  29,  1887,     died 

Dec.  13,  1887. 
9_9  Ross  M.  Weaver,  born  Feb.  1,  1889. 
10_9  Harvey  D.  Weaver,  born  May  9.  1890. 
11_9   Chester  B.  Weaver,  born  Jan.  20,  1892. 
12_9  August  C.  Weaver,  born  Sept.  22,  1895. 
13_9  Esther  G.  Weaver,     born  June  6,  1898.     Died 
Oct.  3,  1898. 
8_8  PETER  VAN  NUYS  WEAVER,  born  May  23,1853, 
in    Switzerland    County,    Ind.,    was    married    to 
Jane  E.  Hughes  bv  Rev.  T.  M.  Moulder,  on  Jan. 
27,  1877,  in  Howard  County,  Ind.    They  had  elev- 
en 
Children : 

1_9  Alfred  Ulysses  Weaver,    born    Sept.  19,   1878, 
married    Elizabeth    Patterson    June  29.   1910. 
One  son. 
1_10  Norman  Rex  Weaver,  born  May,  1911. 
2_9  James  Edgar  Weaver,  born  Oct.  30,  1880. 
3_9  William    Alexander    Weaver,    born    Sent.   28, 
1882. 


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4_9  Lucretia   Crystal   Weaver,  born  Sept.   6,   1884, 
married  Philip  J.  Roy,  March  22,   1913.     One 
daughter. 
1_10  Irene  Marie  Roy,  born  March  8,  1914. 
5_9  Lillian  Letitia  Weaver,  born  April  9,  1886,  died 

April  7,  1890. 
C_9  Benjamin  Harrison  Weaver,  born  July  3,  188S, 

married  Ila  Hawk,  Jan.  16,  1910. 
7_9  Omer  Weaver,  born  May  27,  1891. 
8_9  Sylvester  V.  Weaver,  born  Aug.  2,  1894,  mar- 
ried Grace  Trooper,  May  18,  1915. 
9_9  Leora  Maude  Weaver,  born  Nov.  30,  1897. 
10_9  Leota  May  Weaver,  twin  to  Leora. 
11_9   Clarence  Everett  Weaver,  born  Feb.  12,  1900, 
died  March  13,  1906. 
9_8  MARTHA  JANE  WEAVER,  born  June  14,  1855. 
in  Tipton  County,    Ind.,    married    Amos  Endaly. 
Jan.  28, 1875.    Seven 
Children: 

1_9  James  H.  Endaly,  born  Nov.  27,  1875.  was  mar- 
ried in  1S96  to  Nettie  Mav  Miller,  and  was  mar- 
ried 2d,  to  Matilda  R.  Bradshaw. 
2_9  William  Oliver  Endaly,  born  Dec.  1,  1877,  mar- 
ried Louella  Vawters  in  Sept,  1903.  They  have 
two 
Children : 

1_10  Alpha  May  Endaly,  born  March,  1913. 
2_10  Martha  Elizabeth  Endaly,    born    Aug.     12, 
1915. 
3_9  Martha  Victoria  Endalv,  born  Sept.   16,   1880. 

died  Dec.  22,  1912. 
4_9  Mary  Delsena  Endaly,  born  July  4,  1882,  mar- 
ried James  V.  Howe,  Aug.  28,  1901.  Three 
Children: 

1_10   Kenneth  Elisha  Howe,  born  July  15,  1902. 
2_10  Stella  Valona  Howe,  born  Dec.  18,  1903. 
3_10  Ravmond    Andrew    Howe,    born    Oct.     16, 
1906. 
James  V.  Howe  died  in  April  1908,  and  Mary 
D.  Howe  was  married  again  Aug.  11,  1911  to 
Elmer  L.  Mikels. 
5_9   Martha  Ellen  Endaly,  bom  Feb.  20,  1885,  mar- 
ried Claude  C.  Debord,  in  Aug.  1900.     Four 


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Children : 

1_10  William  Merle  Debord,  born  April  24,  1901. 
2_10  John  Dale  Debord.  born  Aug.  23.  1903. 
3_10  Anna  May  Debord,  born  May  15,  1905. 
4_10   Grace  E.  Debord,  born  Nov.  23,  1911. 
6_9  Elisha  Robert  Endalv,  born  March  9,  1S88,  died 

Oct.  12,  1892. 
7_9  Walter  Cooper  Endalv,  born  March   10,   1893, 
died  Sept.  7,  1897. 
10_8  THOMAS  ANDERSON  WEAVER,  born  Jan.  19, 

1861,  in  Tipton  County,  Ind.,  died  Feb.  18,  1885. 

11_8  SARAH  ETTA    WEAVER,    born    Feb.    9,    1869. 

married  Dec.  24,  1SS6,  John  H.  Sexton.     She  died 

June  16,  1S91,  at  Sheridan,  Ind.  They  had  one  son. 

2_7  ISAAC  VAN  NUYS,  born  Dec.  24,  1823,  died  Aug. 

27,  1825. 
3_7  LEAH  VAN  NUYS,    born    Feb.  11,  1825.    married 
Henry  Charlton,  March  13,  1851.  She  died  July  18, 
1868.     They  lived  at  Pleasant,  Switzerland  County, 
Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8  NEWTON  EDWIN  CHARLTON,  born  in  Switzer- 
land County,  Nov.  28,  1851,  married  on  Jan.  23, 
1878,  at  Falmouth,  Indiana,  Susan  McGregor,  born 
Jan.  19,  1852,  a  granddaughter  of  John  Van  Nays 
(brother  of  Peter  Van  Nuys)      Present  residence 
is  Clayton,  New  Mexico,  where  he  is  a  practicing 
Physician,  with  some  other  business  interests. 
Children : 

1_9   Maggelline  Charlton,  born  Aug.  6,  1880,  mar- 
ried Earl  Messenger.     No  children. 
2.9  Alice  Charlton,  born  June,  1885. 
3_9   Dale  Charlton,  born  Sept.,  1889.     He  is  connect- 
ed with  a  milling  company  at  Clavton,  N.  M. 
2_8  FRANCIS  M.   CHARLTO:<  born  Nov.  25,   1852, 
married  Oct.  5,  1877,  Josie  Rushton  of  Madison, 
Indiana,  daughter  of  David  and  Elizabeth  Rush- 
ton.     For  about    twenty  five    years  he    practiced 
law  in  Chicago,  but  in  1907  they  went  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, where  they  now  reside  at  1072  Sanchez  St. 
One  son, 
1_9  Rushton  H.  Charlton,  born  May  1,  1879,  mar- 
ried July  20,  1903,  Hermine  Spitz.    He  has  been 


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the  government  forest  supervisor  in  a  California 
district  since  1903.     One  daughter, 
1_10  Louise  Frances  Charlton,  born  Oct.  16,  1907. 
3_8  WILLIAM  S.  CHARLTON,    born    in  Switzerland 
County,  Ind.,    April    20,    1859,    married  Matilda 
Black,  of  Greensburg,  Ind.     He  was  a  jeweler.  He 
died  April  17,  1891,  and  his  widow  in  1905.     One 
son. 
1_9  Dwight  Charlton,  born  1892,  died  in  1913,  or 
1914. 
4_8  ROLLIN  C.  CHARLTON,  born  Feb.  11,  1861,  mar- 
ried Mattie  E.  Eaton,    daughter  of    Stephen  and 
Mary  Porter  Eaton.     They  live  near  Arnett,  Okla- 
homa, where  he  is  a  farmer. 
Children : 

1_9   Marv  Leah  Charlton,    born  at    Pleasant,  Ind., 
Dec.  17,  1882.    She  is  a  teacher  at  Arnett,  Okla. 
2.-9  Thomas  H.  Charlton,  born  June  11,  1886,  mar- 
ried Myrtle  Brooks  at  Arnett,  Oct.  9,  1909.  They 
live  on  a  farm  near  Paradox.  Colo. 
3_9  Leslie  E.  Charlton,  born  Jan.  15,  1889,  at  Spring 
field,    Colo.,    married    Mvrtle    L.  Eldredge,    at 
Arnett,  June  2,  1914.  They  live  at  Gage,  Okla. 
He  is  a  teacher  in  a  college. 
4_7   MARGARET  VAN  NUYS,  born  Feb.  18,  1827,  mar- 
ried John  Demaree,  June  5,  1856.    He  was  born  July 
23,  1819.     She  is  a  widow  living  at  Lebanon,  Ind.,  in 
her  90th  year  and  in  reasonably  good  health.     (She 
died  in  September,  1916). 
Children : 
1-8  LIZZIE  BANTA  DEMAREE,  born  June  25,  1857, 

died  March  5,  1882. 
2_8  PETER  SYMMES  DEMAREE,  born  May  19,  1862, 
in  March.  1883,  married  Sarah  Smith,  born  Dec. 
17,  1860.  They  live  in  Wichita,  Kan.,  and  have  two 
Children : 

1_9  Arthur  E.  Demaree,  born  Aug.  15,  1888. 
2_9  Earl  Gilbert  Demaree. 
5-7  MARY  VAN  NUYS,  born  Feb.  3,  1829,  married  Nov. 
16,  1848,  Joseph  Voris,  who  was  born  June  6,  1825, 
and  died  Dec.  8,  1898.  His  widow  and  daughter 
Rozella  still  live  on  the  old  homestead  near  Pleasant 
in  Switzerland  County,  Indiana.     At  the  age  of  al- 


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most  eighty  seven  years  her  faculties  are  unimpaired 
and  her  memory  remarkably  retentive,  enabling  her 
to  keep  in  touch  with  the  family  connection  through 
a  wide  correspondence.  The  longevity  of  the  Van 
Nuys  family  is  noteworthy.  All  must  have  remarked 
the  great  number  of  octogenarians  still  active,  and 
interested  in  the  progress  of  events.  Mrs.  Voris  her- 
self writes  entertainingly  of  the  early  history  of  the 
family  in  Kentucky,  when  Indians  scouting  about 
the  woods  was  a  common  occurrence;  and  her  grand 
father  Banta  was  shot  through  the  shoulder  by  one 
of  them. 
Children : 

.8  JOHN  A.  VORIS.  born  at  Pleasant,  Indiana.  Nov. 
20,  1849,  married  Lucy  Atkinson,  Dec.  13,  1875. 
She  was  born  Feb.  10.  1855,  and  died  June  30, 
1885.  He  married  again  April  23,  1888,  Margaret 
Ann  Van  Nuys,  born  Nov.  30,  1849,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Amy  List  Van  Nuys.  He  was  educat- 
ed at  Hanover  College,  and  teaching  was  his  life 
work.  They  lived  at  Lebanon,  Ind. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

1_9   Guy  M.  Voris.  born  at  Lebanon,  March,  1876. 
married  Leah  Cory  in  April,  1902.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Wabash  College.  He  is  now  in  the  in 
surance  business  at  Lebanon,  Indiana. 
Children: 

1_10  Lida  Harriet  Voris,  born  August,  1903. 
2_10   Mary  Voris,  born  Jan.,  1904. 
3_10  Fremont  Neil  Voris,  born  September,  1908. 
4_10   Martha  Jane  Voris,  born  August,  1911. 
5_10  Robert  Voris,  born  February,  1915. 
2_9  Bruce  H.  Voris,  born  February,  1879.  married 
Maybelle  Rae,  Dec.  25,  1907.  He  is  a  telegraph 
operator  at  Newton  Falls,  Ohio. 
Children : 

1_10  Lucy  Rae  Voris,  born  June,  1909. 
2_10  John  Bruce  Voris,  born  December,  1910. 
3_10  James  Calvin  Voris,  born  November,  1912. 
4_10  Donnell  Voris,  born  Jan.,  1915. 
5_10   Dorothy,  twin  of  Donnell. 
3_9   Mary  L.  Voris,  born  July,  1881,  married  James 
W.  Eads,  September,  1901.    They  live  on  a  farm 
near  Hopewell,  Ind. 


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Children: 

1_10  James  Edwin  Eads,  born  August,  1902. 
2_10  Marion  Bright  Eads,  born  Sept.,  1903. 
3_10  John  Wesley  Eads,  born  May,  1905. 
4_10  Frank  Voris  Eads.  born  Dee.,  1908. 
5_10   Chester  Buren  Eads,  born  in  Jan..  1912. 
6_10   Carroll  Milton  Eads,  born  Nov.,  1913. 
4_9  Florence  R.  Voris,  born  at  Lebanon,  Ind.,  June, 
1884.     She  has  been  engaged    in  social    settle- 
ment  work    in  Chicago,  but    is  novv-    a  visiting 
nurse  at  Spokane,  Wash.     She  is  a  graduate  of 
St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Chicago. 
2_8  ROSELLA  E.  VORIS,  born  Feb.  14,  1851. 
3_8  HARVEY  B.  VORIS,  born  April  24.  1852,  married 
Mary  L.  Wilson,  Sept.  7,  1S82,  who  died  in  1883. 
He  married  2nd.    Mary    A.    Culbertson,    Sept.    9, 
1886.     She  was  born  Sept.  4,  1858,  and  died  May 
26,  1897.     He  lives  on  a  farm  near  Pleasant,  Ind. 
Children : 
1_9  Paul  C.  Voris,  who  is  a  minister    at    Hinckley, 

Minn. 
2_9   Harrison  S.  Voris,  born  Nov.  1,  18S8.     He  is  a 

teacher  at  Charles  City,  Iowa. 
3_9   Clarence  Voris,  born  June  11.   1890.     He  is  a 

teacher  in  Illinois. 
4_9   Anna  Voris,  born  Jan.  26,  1895.     In  college  at 

Hanover. 
5_9  Harvev  H.  Voris.  born  May  2,  1897. 
4_8   MILTON  T.  VORIS,     born  April  15,  1853,     died 

May  22,  1854. 
5_8  PETER  VAN  NICE  VORIS,    born    Feb.  25,  1855, 
married  Emma   Campbell,   Aug.    16,    1883.      Is  a 
teacher  at  Versailles,  Ind. 
Children: 
1_9  Katherine  Voris,  born  Feb.  28,  1885.     She  is  a 

teacher. 
2_9   Harold  Voris.  born  in  1886.  died  young. 
3..9   Mabel  Voris,  born  Jan.  31,  1889.     She  also  is  a 
teacher. 
6-8  CORNELIUS  A.  VORIS,  born  May  19,  1856,  died 
Aug.  4,   1906,  married  Mrs.   Mollie  Cooper,  who 
died  April  22,  1902.     He  was  a  farmer  near  Pleas- 
ant, Ind.     One  son. 
1-9  Harold  C.  Voris,  born  April  18,  1902. 


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7_8  OLIVER  L.  VORIS,  born  May  21,  1859,  married 
Carrie  Pietsmyer,  of  Chester,  Ind.,  Dec.  29,  1891. 
He  is  a  teacher  at  Patriot,  Ind.  One  daughter. 
1_9   Mary  Edna  Voris,  born  Jan.  IS,  1S95.  She  is  a 
teacher  in  Wayne  County,  Ind. 
8_8  JOSEPH  H.  VORIS,  born  Nov.  11,  18G2,  married 
June  22,  1904,  Margaret  Murray  of  DeWitt,  111. 
He  is  a  teacher  at  Odeboit.  Iowa. 
9_8  MARY  ELIZABETH  VORIS,  born  May  3,   1863, 

died  Oct.  6.  18S3. 
10_8  ROSCOE  S.  VORIS,    born    Sept.  12,  186S.  died 
Aug.  11,  1871. 
6.7   HENRY  VAN  NUYS,  son    of    Peter  and  Elizabeth 
Banta  Van  Nuys,  was  born  Nov.  9,  1330,  and  married 
Catherine  Demaree,  March  11,  1858.    She  died  May 
26,  1865,  and  on  Nov.  22.  1874  he  married  Jerusha 
Hammond,  who  died  Sept.  27,  1876.     He    died    in 
Lebanon,  Ind.,  June  26,  1916,  in  his  86th  year. 
Children : 
1_8   CATHERINE  ELIZABETH  VAN  NUYS,  who  died 

in  1864. 
2_8   MARY  MINERVA  VAN  NUYS,  who  is  a  practic- 
ing physician  at  Lebanon,  Ind. 
3_8   CLARA  VAN  NUYS,  who  is  a  teacher  at  Elkhart, 
Ind. 
By  second  wife : 
4_8  EVA  BLANCHE  VAN  NUYS,  who  married  M.  B. 
Stokes.    He  is  a  physician  in  Houston,  Texas. 
7_7  JOHN  C.  VAN  NUYS,  born  Dec.  11,  1832.     He  and 
Mary  Ellen  Carnine  were  married,  Dec.  25,  1856,  by 
Francis  Symmes,   at  Pleasant.  Switzerland   County. 
Indiana.     He  died  in  1908.     They   lived   at   Thorn- 
town,  Ind. 
Children : 
1_8   HARVEY  EDWARD  VAN  NUYS.  born  Oct.  30, 
1857,  near     Pleasant,  Switzerland  County,     Ind., 
married    Dec.    17,    1891,    Loulie    B.    Thomson  of 
Thorntown,  Boone  County,  Ind.,  where  they  still 
live.     He  is  engaged  in  farming. 
Children : 
1_9   Harold    Thomson    Van  Nuys,    born    April    30. 

1893,  near  Thorntown,  died  June  28,  1915. 
2_9  John  LefFord  Van  Nuys,  born  Jan.  7,  1900,  near 
Elizaville,  Ind. 


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2_8  CHRISTENA  ELIZABETH  VAN  NUYS,  born 
Aug.  12,  1860,  near  Pleasant,  Ind.,  married  Dec. 
31,  1885,  Willard  Stephenson  of  Thorntown, 
Boone  County,  Ind.  To  this  union  was  born  one 
daughter,  May  3,  1887.  Mary  Grace  Van  Nuvs. 

3_8  A  son,  born  Dec.  16,  1863,  died  Jan.  11,  1864. 
They  live  at  Lebanon,  Ind. 

4_8  JOHN  CHAUNCY  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  5.  1868, 
near  Thorntown.  Ind.,  married  June  16,  1897,  Car- 
rie Maud  Graves  of  Thorntown.  He  is  a  physician 
at  Lufkin,  Texas. 

Children: 

1_9  Leonard  Graves  Van  Nuvs,  born  Nov.  16,  1898 

died  June  2,  1900. 
2_9  Frances  Graves  Van  Nuvs,  born  March  24,  1902 

at  Lufkin,  Texas. 
3._9  John    Chauncy    Van  Nuys,  Jr.,    born  Sept.  12, 

1905,  at  Lufkin. 

5-8  ALBERT  RAYMOND  VAN  NUYS,  born  March 
29,  1876,  Unmarried.  Lives  at  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  editorial  work  and  farm- 
nig. 

8.7  THOMAS  VAN  NUYS,  born  March  8,  1835,  died  in 
the  army  in  the  Civil  War,  June  5,  1865. 

9-7  ANDREW  BANTA  VAN  NUYS,  born  Aug.  4,  1837, 
in  Switzerland  County,  Indiana,  married  October  5, 
1866,  Harvenia  Frances  Mount,  who  was  born  May 
10,  1847,  in  Montgomery  County,  Indiana.  She  is  a 
sister  of  Ex-Governor  Mount  of  Indiana.  They  live 
on  a  farm  near  Lebanon,  Indiana.  On  October  5, 
1916,  they  happily  celebrated  the  fiftieth  anniversary 
of  their  marriage. 

Children: 

1-8  ETTA  IOLA  VAN  NUYS,  born  August  25,  1867, 
died  Nov.  24,  1882. 

2-8  EMMA  LUCINDA  VAN  NUYS,  born  Aug.  14, 
1869,  died  April  13,  1893. 

3-8  ASHTON  MOUNT  VAN  NUYS,  born  Aug.  7, 
1872,  married  Dec.  22,  1904,  Josephine  S.  Jones, 
who  is  an  ardent  D.  A.  R.  He  is  a  prominent  at- 
torney at  Muncie,  Ind. 


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4_8  MABEL  ESTELLA  VAN  NUYS,    horn    April    15, 
1879,  married  June  22,  1901,  Chester  Fuller  Ran- 
ney, a  farmer  near  Lebanon,  Ind. 
Children: 

1_9  Ralph  Carroll  Ranney,  born  Oct.  8.  1903. 
2_9   Mildred  Frances  Ranney,  born  April  9,  1906. 
3_9   Wilma  Lucinda  Ranney.  born  Oct.  9,  1909. 
4_9   Mabel  Van  Nuys  Ranney,  born  Oct.  17.  1913. 
5_9   James  Lowell  Ranney,  born  April  1,  1916. 
10_7  PETER  SYMMES  VAN  NUYS,  born  Jan.  24,  1840, 
married  April  19,  1866.  Amanda  Holby  Matthews, 
who  was  born  Feb.  5,  1S43.  and  died  Jan.  17,  1911. 
He  died  Jan.  17,  1880.     They  lived  at  Thorntown, 
Ind. 

Children: 
1_8  ROBERT  GAYLE  VAN  NUYS.  born  at  Lebanon, 
Ind.,    April    29,    1875,    was   married  to  Grace  G. 
Marquis,  on  June  26,  1901.     He  is  in  the  insurance 
business  at  Frankfort,  Ind. 
Children : 

1_9   Dorothy  G.  Van  Nuys,  born  July  26.  1902. 
2_9   Mary  V.  Van  Nuys,  born  Nov.  25.  1907. 
3_9  Roberta  G.  Van  Nuys,  born  Oct.  26.  1909. 
2_8   MARY  MATTHEWS  VAN  NUYS,  born  June  11, 
1878,  died  Dec.  28,  1882. 

5_6  MARY  VAN  NUYS 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Leah  (Banta)  Van  Nuys,  was  born 
Nov.  11,  1799,  in  either  Mercer  or  Shelby  County,  Ky.. 
and  she  came  with  her  parents  to  Switzerland  Counts, 
Ind.,  in  1816,  the  year  the  state  was  admitted  into  the 
union.  She  married  Albert  D.  Voris,  June  4,  1819,  near 
Vevay,  in  the  same  county.  He  died  within  a  few  months, 
and  on  April  14,  1821,  she  was  again  married  to  John 
Bandy,  born  June  4,  1794.  In  1838,  the  year  Iowa  was 
organized  into  a  separate  territorial  government,  John 
and  Mary  Bandy  again  sought  the  frontier,  settling  on  a 
tract  of  government  land  near  Kossuth,  in  Yellow  Springs 
township,  Des  Moines  County,  Iowa. 

"He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  .who  brought  the  influence 
of  a  Christian  life  with  him,  and  that  influence  is  still  felt 
for  good  in  this  community." — From  History  of  Yellow 
Springs  Township. 

He  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  he  had  four 


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sons,  one  son-in-law,  and  a  grandson,  who  served  in  the 
Civil  War. 

They  reared  a  large  family,  all  of  whom  were  a  credit 
to  the  name.  John  Bandy  died  May  5,  1873  near  Kossuth, 
Iowa,  and  his  widow  died  at  Fairfield,  Iowa,  June  2,  1881. 

Children : 
!_7  WILLIAM  BARTON  BANDY,    was    born    Jan.    20, 
1822,  in  Switzerland  County,  Inch,  and  went  with  his 
parents  to  Iowa.     He  was  marred  three  times.     His 
first  wife  and  their  one  child  died  early.   In  the  early 
'50's  he  removed  to  Minnesota,  and  died  near  Jordan, 
Scott  Co..  May  20,  1892  He  and  his  family  were  Pres- 
byterians.   He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  serving 
in  the  34th  Minnesota  Infantry.  He  fell  in  a  sunstroke 
a-t  the  Battle  of  luka,  and  never  recovered  from  its 
effects,  the  injury  to  his  eyes  causing  him  to  be  al- 
most blind  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
Children  by  2nd  marriage: 
1_8   MARY     ISABELLA     BANDY,    born    at    Jordan, 
Minn.,  Oct.  31,  1S56,  was  married  at  Kossuth,  la., 
Oct.  2,  1875  to  Jasper  E.  Ware,  who  died  Aug.  1, 
1877,  at  Cottonwood,  Nebr.,  and  she  was  again 
married  on   April  8.   1884,  at  Fairfield,  Iowa,  to 
Daniel  Bradbury.     He  served  four  years  in  Co.  A, 
3d  Iowa  Cavalry  in  the  Civil  War.    He  is  a  farm- 
er and  a  Republican,  and  thev  are  members  of  the 
M.  E.  Church. 
Children  bv  first  marriage: 
1_9   Glenn  Ware,  born  Sept.  6,  1876,  died  March  4, 

1877,  at  Kossuth,  la. 
By  second  marriage : 

2_9  Frank  Bradbury,  born  Jan.  12,  1887  at  Colby 
Kansas,  married  Nellie  Lurena  Gilbert  at  Grand 
Junction,  Colo.,  Sept.  27,  1911.  They  live  at 
Whitewater,  Mesa  County,  Colo.,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  is  a 
Republican. 
Children  : 

1_10  Vera  Lurena  Bradbury,  born  June  19.  1913. 

2_10  Nina  Louise  Bradbury,  born  Feb.  19.  1915. 

3_9   Kate  Bradbury,  born  June  8,  1888,  married  at 

Whitewater,  Colo.,  on  June  5,   1907,  Earle  R. 

Caldwell.     They  live  at  Mina,  California,  where 


9S  VANNUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


he  is  a  farmer.    They  are  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church. 
Children: 

1_10  Elvin  Russell  Caldwell,  born  Feb.  29,  1908. 
2_10   Marjory  Caldwell,  born  March  21.  1911. 
3_10  George  Caldwell,  born  April  21,  1913. 
Children  by  third  marriage  of  William  Bandv; 
2_8  THOMAS  JOHN  BANDY,  born  Sept.  24,  1874.  He 
is  a  farmer  at  Jordan,  Minn.     He  is  married  and 
has  four 
Children: 

1_9  Jessie  Marie  Bandy,  born  Aug.  22,  1902. 
2_9  Florence  Louise  Bandy,  born  April  9.  1905. 
3_9  Thomas  Ford  Bandy,  born  Mav  15,  1907. 
4_9  Edith  Ann  Bandy,  born  Aug.  27,  1912. 
2_7  ISAAC  BANDY  was  born  March  20.  1S23,  and  mar- 
ried May  2.  1845    Lucy  Dean  Middieton,    who    was 
born  June  16,  1830.     They  went  to  Minnesota  and 
remained  some  years,  but  returned  to  Kossuth.  Iowa, 
and  he  died  there  June  30,  1885.     Lucy  Dean  Bandv 
died  Dec.  16,  1900. 
Children: 
1_8  MINOR  DERWIN  BANDY,    born    April  8,  1847. 
He  served  in  a  Minnesota  regiment  in  the  War,  but 
returned  later  to  Iowa.     He  married  May  Nelson. 
No  record  of  children  furnished.     Lives  near  Kos- 
suth. 

2_8   MARY  F.  BANDY,  born  Jan.  4.  1849,  died  in  1854. 

3_8  JOHN  OSCAR  BANDY,  born  Nov.  3,  1850.  mar- 
ried Judith  Hyden.  He  went  hunting  in  the  woods 
of  Minnesota,  Nov.  18,  1893,  and  was  not  heard 
from  again.     His  body  was  found  in  Mav.  1894. 

4-8  HIRAM  NEWTON  BANDY,  was  born  Mav  26. 
1852,  and  he  married  Lucinda  Dix.  He  died  April 
18,  1912. 

5.8  OWEN  ALONZO  BANDY,  born  Aug.  25,  1855, 
married  Mary  Ellen  Patterson.  They  live  near 
Mediapolis,  Iowa.  No  record  of  their  children. 

6_8  HORACE  EVAN  BANDY,  born  April  17,  1858, 
married  Pollv  Davis. 

7_8  IDA  LEAH  BANDY,  twin  of  Horace.  She  married 
James  Davis. 


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8_8  ALVA  HARRISON  BANDY,    born    Jan.    3,  I860 

married. 
9_8  EVA  LAURA  BANDY,  born  Jan.  23,  1862,  mar 
ried  James  McKeown.     They  live  near  Kossuth 
Iowa. 
10_S  ELLA  LOUISE  BANDY,  born  July  3,  1865,  mar 

ried  Eloff  Anderson. 
11_8  FRANK  WARD  BANDY,    born    June    10,  1867 

married  Urilla  Freeland. 
12_8  FRED  ARTHUR  BANDY,  born  April  19,  1870 

is  married. 
13_8  EMMA  MAY  BANDY,  born  Aug.  18,  1873,  m 

ried  James  Harwood. 
7  RACHEL  BANDY,  born  at  Kossuth,  Iowa,  Sept.  16 
1824,  married  there  Samuel  Alonzo  Hall    of    Berk 
shire  County,  Mass.,  May  5,  1843.     He  died  in  Santa 
Cruz,  Calif.,  in  1902,  aged  eighty  six  years.     Rache 
Bandy  Hall  died  at  the  home  of  her  grand  children 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  C.  Peck  at  Soquel,  Santa  Cruz  Coun- 
ty, California    in    October,    1905,    aged    eighty  two 
years.     Their  home  had  been  in  Soquel,  Calif.     They 
had  one  daughter, 
1_8  LOUISE  ISABELL  HALL,  born  Jan.  25,  1850,  at 
Kossuth,   la.   She   was  married   to   Henry  Harvey 
Green  of  Pescadero,  California,  on  Nov.  15,  1871, 
at  Soquel.  Calif.    He  was  killed  at  Pescadero,  Cal., 
Nov.  7,  1873. 
Children : 

1_9  Herbert  Alonzo  Green  was  born  at  Soquel,  Cal., 
Sept.  23,  1872,  and  died  at  Santa  Cruz,  Decem- 
ber, 1881,  aged  9  years. 
2_9  'Mary  Green,  born  at  Pescadero,  Oct.  23,  1873, 
was  married  to  Schuyler  Colfax  Peck  of  Soquel, 
Cal.,  at  the  home  of  her  mother  at  Santa  Cruz, 
Sept.  16,  1896,  In  1907  they  removed  to  Ceres, 
Stanislaus  County,  California,  where  they  now 
reside. 
Children : 

1_10  Raymond  Harvey  Peck,  born  at  Soquel,  July 

7,  1897. 
2_10   Alberta  Leona  Peck,  born  May  2,  1900. 
3_10   Burton  Howard  Peck,  born  Jan.  6,  1905,  at 
Soquel. 


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.7  THOMAS  BANDY,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Van  Nice 

Bandy,  was  born  in  Indiana,  April  28,  182G,  and  went 

with    his    parents  to    Kossuth,    Des    Moines  County, 

Iowa,  in  1837.     He  was  married  on  Dec.  7,  1854  to 

Elizabeth  Ware,  and    moved    to  Jordan,  Minnesota 

in  1855,  where  they  remained  until  1878,  when  they 

went  to  a  farm  near  Volga,  S.  D.     He  died  there  on 

his  87th  birthday,  April  28,  1913.    His  widow,  in  her 

84th  year,  is  living  at  Volga.     Thomas  Bandy  was  a 

farmer.     They  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children, 

one  dying  in  infancy. 

1_8  JOHN    STUART    BANDY    was    born  in  Jordan, 

Minn.,  Dec.   15,  1855,  and  on  Nov.  11,  1885  was 

married  to  Alice  J.  Albertson.     He  is  in  the  real 

estate  business  at  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D. 

Children: 

1_9  Thomas  Walter  Bandy,  born  Sept.  3,  1886. 
2_9   Mary  Emmeline  Bandy,  born  Dec.  17,  1890,  was 
married  in  June,  1916,    to  Dr.  Herbert    James 
Day,  the  only  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Man- 
ley  Day.     He  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
Missouri,  and  received  his  M.  D.  degree  at  the 
University  of  Minnesota.     He  has     since  estab- 
lished a  successful  practice  at  Harrisburg,  S.  D., 
where  they  reside. 
3_9   Charles  Dickerson  Bandy,  born  July  15,  1900. 
2_8   MATTHIAS  W.  BANDY,  was  born  Aug.  12,  1S57 
in  Jordan,  Minn.,  and  on  March  21,  1896  was  mar- 
ried to  Mary  E.  Sherwin,  who  died  in  1903.     He 
lives  on  a  farm  at  Volga,  S.  D. 
Children: 

1_9   Thomas  Henry  Bandy. 
2_9  Ruth  Emmeline  Bandy. 
3_9   Mary  Grace  Bandy. 
3_8  THOMAS    WALTER    BANDY    was  born  Jan.  4, 
1859,  and  was  married  to  Bertha  E.  Ross  of  Ha- 
warden,  Iowa,  Sept.  14.  1898.     He  is  a  mason  and 
is  a  Republican  in  politics.     They  are  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.     They  live  at  Huron,  S. 
D.,  where  he  is  a  locomotive  engineer. 
Children : 

1_9  James  Ross  Bandy,  born  Sept.  16,  1899. 
2_9   Margaret  Elizabeth  Bandy,  born  Julv  1,  1903. 
3_9  Virginia  Alice  Bandy,  born  Feb.  5,  1911. 


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4_8   MARTHA  LEA  BANDY,  born  in  1860,  was  mar- 
ried in  1S84  to  J.  A.  Ware,  who  is  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  at  Pontiac,  Mich. 
Children. 

1_9  Thomas  Arthur  Ware,  born  Aug.  31,  1886,  at 
Volga,  S.  D.,  was  married  Nov.  25,  1906.     He  is 
a  mason  at  North ville,  Mich.     They  have  two 
children,  Sidnev  and  Donald. 
2_9  Fred  Wilber  Ware,    born    Dec.    10,  1887,  was 
married  in  April,  1914,  and  has  one  daughter, 
Grace  Eleanor  Ware.     They  live  in  Pontiac. 
3_9  Paul  Leighton  Ware,     born     Mar.  6,  1889.     at 
Lyndon,  Ross  County,  Ohio.     He  is  a  machinist 
at  Pontiac. 
4_9  Lottie  Lee  Ware,  born  Nov.  2,  1891,  at  Jordan, 

Minn. 
5_9  Ralph  Bandy  Ware,  born  Dec.  9,  1892  at  Jord- 
an, Minn.     He  is  a  florist  in  Pontiac. 
6_9   Webber  Waldo  Ware,  born  May  29,  189G. 
7_9  Rachel  Katherine  Ware,  born  Oct.  10,  1902  at 
Lyndon,  Ohio. 
5_8  KATE  BANDY  was  born  in  IS 62,  and  was  mar- 
ried to  A.  M.  Ware  in  1885.     He  died  in  1907. 
Children : 
1_9   George  A.  Ware,  born  at  Lyndon,  Ohio,  July  3, 

1887.     He  is  married  and  has  two 
Children: 

1_10  Lois  Alberta  Ware. 
2_3  0  Alfred  Newton  Ware. 
2_9   Florence  E.  Ware,  born  at  Volga,  S.  D.  June  15, 
1889,  married.     They  live  on  a  farm  at  Volga 
and  have  three  children.  Margaret  Ethel,  Wal- 
ter Serial  and  Clyde  Amos. 
6_8  HENRY  A.  BANDY,  was  born  in  1864,  at  Kossuth, 
Iowa,  and  was  married  in  1894,  to  Martha  Albert- 
son.     He  is  a  locomotive  engineer  and  they  live  at 
Hawarden.  Iowa.     Thev  have  one  daughter. 
1_9  Esther  D.  Bandy. 
7_8  SAMUEL  W.  BANDY,     born  in  1865,  at  Jordan, 

Minn.,  died  in  infancy. 
8-8  ELIJAH    G.    BANDY,    born  in  1868,  married  to 
Maude  Van  Oosterhout  in  1S95.    He  is  a  farmer  at 
Jordan,  Minn.     They  have  one  son,  John  Bandy. 


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9_8  ALBERT  B.  BANDY  was  born  in  1870  and  was 
married  1913  to  Anna  Yankz.  They  live  on  a 
farm  at  Jordan. 
10.8  LOUISA  JANE  BANDY  was  born  in  1872,  at 
Jordan,  and  was  married  in  1897  to  R.  O.  Albert- 
son.  They  live  on  a  farm  at  Volga,  S.  D. 
Children : 

Charles  Paul,  aged  16,  and  Alice  Faye,  Margaret 
Rachel,  Doris  Elizabeth,  Mildred  Edith  and  Mary 
Irene. 
11-8   GEORGE  A.  BANDY,    born  in  1876,    at  Jordan, 
Minn.,  was  married  to  Mary  Albertson  in   1900. 
They  are  engaged  in  farming  at  Espanola,  Florida. 
Three  children,  Dorothv,  William  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth. 
5_7   JOHN  BANDY,    son  of    John    and    Mary  Van  Nice 
Bandy,  was  born  Oct.  11,  1827,  in  LaFayette,  Ind., 
and  came  to  Iowa  in  183S,  settling  in  Des  Moines 
County  with  his  parents.     He  was  in  California  1850 
to  1857,  but  returned  and  in  1860  married  Guelima 
Statherun.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War  in  the 
2d  Iowa  Cavalry.     They  went  to  Scott  Co.,  Minn.,  in 
1865,  but  returned  to  Fairfield,  Iowa  in  1884,  and 
went  to  Fairfield,  Nebr.,  in  1899,  where  he  died  in 
1901.     He  was  a  farmer  and  business  man.     They 
were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.     Three 
of  the  four  sons  are  ministers. 
Children : 
1_8  CHARLES  HENRY  BANDY,  D.  D.,  born  in  Des 
Moines    County,  Iowa,    in  1862,    graduated  from 
Parsons  College  in    1890,     and    from  the  Omaha 
Theological  Seminary  in  1893.     He  married  Mary 
King  in  1890.     Having  offered  themselves  for  the 
foreign  missionary    field    under  the  Presbyterian 
Board,     when  he  had     completed  his  theological 
course  they  went  at  once  to  India,  U.  P.,  and  are 
stationed  at  Fahtegahr. 
2_8  ROBERT  S.  BANDY,  D.  D.  S.,  born  in  Des  Moines 
County,  Iowa,  in  1863,  graduated  from  Iowa  State 
University  in  1891,  and  entered    upon  his    dental 
practice  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  but  since   1893  has 
practiced  in  Tipton,  Iowa.     He  married  Rebecca 
Thomas  of  Iowa  City  in  1893.     She  died  in  1900, 


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and  in  1910  he  married  Mrs.  Blanche  Scott  Sher- 
wood of  Tipton.  Iowa.     He  is  a  Republican.  They 
are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Children: 

1_9  Geneva  Kathryn  Bandy,  born  in  1896.  She  grad- 
uated in  June.  1916  from  the  Normal  Art  School 
of  Chicago,  where    she    is    living  at  the  Three 
Arts  Club. 
2_9  Rebecca  G.  Bandy,  born  in  1900. 
3_8  REV.  PAUL  STATHERUN  BANDY,  born  in  1870, 
in  Scott  Countv,  Minn.,  was  married  in  Alameda, 
Calif.,  Aug.  31,  1904,  to  Florence  Bently  Hakes, 
born  at  Rock  Island,  111..  Aug.  11,  1883.     He  has 
a  pastorate  at  Jackson,  Ore.    One  daughter, 
1_9   Virginia  Gulielma  Bandy. 
4_8  REV.  JOHN  VAN  NICE  BANDY,  born  in  1877,  is 
pastor  of  a  church  at  Fowler,  Ind. 
6_7  SAMUEL  GREGG  BANDY,  born  June  9,  1829,  in  In- 
diana, came  to  Kossuth,  Iowa,  with  his  parents,  and 
married  there,  Lucinda  Frances  Johnson,  who  died 
in  1884,  leaving  three  sons.   He  was  married  again  in 
1886    to  Virginia  Barr    of  Kossuth.     He  died  there 
Feb.  17,  1896. 
Children : 
1_8  GLENN  BANDY,  born  Nov.  23,  1857  at  Kossuth, 
married    Nettie  May  Edson    at    Livermore,  Iowa, 
Feb.  16,  1886.     He  was  a  telegraph  operator  for 
thirty  years,  but  is  now  in  the  insurance  business 
at  Fort  Supply,  Okla. 
Children: 
1_9  Zoe  Edson  Bandy,  born  Nov.  29,  1888,  married 

Wittenberg,    May    2,  1911.     They  live  in 

Detroit. 
Children: 

1.10  Jack  Wittenberg,  born  in  1912. 
2_10   Mantia  Lea,  born  1915. 
3_10   Child  died  in  infancy. 
2_9   Gregg  William  Bandy,  born  Sept.  27,   1890  at 
Kanaranzi,   Minn,    married    Amy  Chandler  at 
Buffalo,  Okla 
Children: 

1_10   Chandler  Bandy,  born  in  1912. 
2_10  Wvatt  Bandy,  born  1914. 


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2_8  HARRY  BANDY,  born  M&y  1,  1866,  was  married 
to  Margaret  Ray  at  Livermore,  Iowa.  He  was 
killed  at  Estherville,  Iowa,  on  the  R.  R.,  on  which 
he  was  employed,  Dec.  1,  1894. 

Children : 

1_9  Fanny  Belle  Bandy,  born  Nov.  22,  1887,  married 
Fred  Cotten,  June  14,  1911,  an  accountant  for 
the  C.  and  N.  W.  R.  R. 
2_9  Melvina  Maud  Bandy,  born  June  6,  1889.  mar- 
ried Frank  Hall,  Sept.  24,  1913.  Employed  on 
C.  N.  W.  R.  R.  One  child. 
1_10   Gail  Earline,  born  Jan.  30,  1915. 

Their  mother  makes    her  home    with    these 
two  daughters  at  Eagle  Grove.  Iowa. 
3_8  DAVID  BANDY,  born  May  1,  1869.  married  Em- 
ma Carolyn  Lunsett,  Feb.  15,  1899.  at  Las  Vegas, 
N.  Mex.    They  are  now  located  in  Florida,  where 
they  are  interested  in  extensive  land  deals.     No 
children. 
7_7   DARWIN  PETER  BANDY,  born   March   17,   1831, 
died  April  6,  1910.     He  married  Nancy  Dooley  and 
moved    to    Doolyville,   Minnesota,  then  to  Missouri. 
and  finally  to  Kansas,  where  he  died.    He  was  a  farm 
er.     He  and  all  his  family  were  Presbyterians  and 
Republicans. 
Children: 
1_8  WM.  H.  BANDY,    born    Sept.    11,    1861,    in  New 
Elm,  Minnesota.     He  is  a  teacher    in    Tar  River, 
Okla.,  and  was  never  married. 
2_8  SQUIRE  PARKER  BANDY,    born    April  3,  1867 

died  in  1871. 
3_8  EVA  LENA  BANDY,  born  in  Dooleyville,  Minn.. 
May    26,    1869.     She    married    Frederick    Collins 
at  Atchison.  Kansas,  in  1897.     She    was    a  music 
teacher  before  her  marriage.     They  live  in  New 
York  City. 
1_9  Virgil  Dewey  Collins,  born  July  6,  1898,  in  Chi- 
cago, 111.  He  is  a  student  in  Columbia  University, 
New  York  City. 
4_8  LEONORA  BANDY,  born  Jan.  13,  1874  in  Dooley- 
ville, Minn.     She  is  a  music  teacher  in  Tar  River, 
Oklahoma. 


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5_8  FLORA  BANDY,  twin  of  Leonora  Bandy,  died  in 

September.  1874. 
6.8  J.  G.  BANDY,  born  July  30,  1880.     He  is  unmar- 
ried and  owns  a  hotel  and  restaurant  in  Tar  River, 
Oklahoma. 
S_7   HENRY  BANDY,  born  1833,  died  Sept.  28,  1853. 
9_7   JACOB  F.  BANDY,  born  Dec.  6,  1835,  died  Oct.  11, 
1878.     He    married,  Rosanna    McDonald,    Dec.   12 
1865.     He  served  through  the  Civil  War  as  Captain 
in  the  2nd  Iowa  Cavalry,  and  then  located  in  Mem- 
phis, Tenn.,  where  he  married  and  died.     His  widow 
and  family  then    moved    north    to    Fairfield,  Iowa, 
where  she  died  Dec.  14,  189G. 
Children : 
1_8   CHARLES  A.  BANDY,  born  Aug.  26,  1867,  mar- 
ried Agnes  Fenner,  June  3,  1896.     She  belongs  to 
the  Christian  Church.     He   is  a   Republican.     Is  a 
book  keeper  in  Phoenix,  Arizona. 
Children: 

1_9  Florence  Pearl  Bandy,  born  March  26,  1897. 
2_9  Ruth  Marie  Bandy,  born  Jan.  23,  1899. 
3_9  Lois  Hester  Bandv.  born  Sept.  18,  1901. 
4_9   Walter  Kenneth  Bandy,  born  Aug.  24,  1904. 
5_9  Herschel  Hampton  Bandy,  born  Nov.  24,  1909. 

6_9   Dorothv  Inez,  born  February  6. 

7_9  Chas.  A.  Bandy,  born  Feb.  16,  1916. 
2_8  MARY  LEA  BANDY,  born  March  28,  1870,  mar- 
ried C.  Gilbert  Sargent,  Sept.  28,  1899.  He  is  a 
specialist  in  Rural  Education  at  the  Colorado  State 
Agricultural  College,  Ft.  Collins.  He  is  an  elder 
in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 
Children : 

1_9   Cecil  Gilbert  Sargent,  born  Feb.  6,  1901. 
2_9   Helen  Marie  Sargent,  born  May  18,  1902. 
3_9  Roger  Browning  Sargent,  born  Dec.  14,  1907. 
4_9   Homer     Bandy  Sargent     and     Howard  Benoit, 
born  July  6,  1910. 
3_8   CLAUDE    WRENTON    BANDY,    born    Sept.    30, 
1872,  married  Lillian  Kimball  in  Sept.,  1913.  They 
are  members  of  the    Lutheran    church.     He  is  a 
dentist  in  Moline,  111. 
4_8   PEARL  J.  BANDY,  born   May  8,   1879,  married 


VAN   NUYS   FAMILY   HISTORY 


Robert  Carlisle  in  Aug.,  1911,  who  died  in  October 
1911.  One  son. 
1_9  Robert  Dean  Bandy,  born  May  18,  1912. 
10_7  LEA  ANN  BANDY,  was  born  in  Indiana,  Jan.  7, 
1838,  and  came  with  her  parents  to  Des  Moines  Co., 
Iowa,  in  the  same  year.  As  were  the  rest  of  her 
younger  brothers  and  sisters,  she  was  educated  at 
the  Yellow  Springs  Academy  at  Kossuth.  She  taught 
school  until  her  marriage  on  June  25,  1865,  to  Lyman 
Beecher  Pierce,  of  Kossuth,  a  soldier  in  the  2d  Iowa 
Cavalry,  same  Co.,  K.,  with  John,  Jacob  and  Elijah 
Bandy.  He  was  at  that  time  at  home  on  a  furlough 
to  publish  a  history  of  his  regiment,  which  he  had 
written,  and  which  proved  to  be  very  valuable,  giv- 
ing as  it  did  an  accurate  and  true  history  of  the  2d 
Cavalry,  from  the  time  of  its  enlistment  to  its  dis- 
charge. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pierce  lived  first  at  Kossuth, 
then  went  to  Manhattan,  Kansas,  where  he  was  sup- 
erintendent of  schools  for  five  years.  He  then  exer- 
cised his  soldier's  privilege  of  taking  up  a  homestead 
in  Kansas,  near  Solomon  City.  In  1875  they  return- 
ed to  Iowa  and  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  drain  tile  at  YVinfield,  Iowa,  with  his 
son  John  Edmund  as  manager.  Lea  Bandy  Pierce  is 
still  living,  loved  and  honored  by  all. 

Children: 
1_8  HARRY  CLAUDE  PIERCE,  born  at  Kossuth  June 
23,  1866,  married  Myrtle  Kerr  July  1,  1894.  He 
is  an  engineer  on  the  C.  B.  and  Q.  R.  R.,  having 
been  in  their  employ  over  twenty  years.  They 
live  at  Winfield,  Iowa. 

Children : 

]_9   Delbert  Pierce,  born  April  19,  1895. 

2_9   Donald  Pierce    (twin  of  Delbert)    died  July  9, 

1895. 
3_9  Paul  Pierce,  born  May  7,  1896,  died  August  27, 

1896. 
4_9  Harold  Pierce,  born  June  7,  1897,  died  August, 
1897. 
2_8   GRACE  MAY  PIERCE,  born  at  Manhattan,  Kan., 
Feb.    7,    1868,    married    Wm.  M.  Price,    Dec.  21, 
1893.   He  is  a  baker  at  Winfield,  Iowa. 


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Children: 

1_9  Louise  Price,    born  Dec.   16,   1894,    graduated 
from   the   Kansas   Agricultural    College,    June, 
1916. 
2_9  Harold  Price,  born  Dec.  25.  1904. 
3_8  JOHN   EDMUND   PIERCE,   born    July   31,    1870, 
married  Flora  Roberts,  Sept.  16,  1897.     Manager 
of  the  tile  plant  at  Winfield. 
1_9  Barry  R.  Pierce,  born  Oct.  21,  1898. 
4_8  MARY  LOUISE  PIERCE,  born  at  Solomon  City, 
Kan.,  Feb.  6,  1872,  married  Gilbert  J.  Van  Zile. 
He  was  a  lawyer  at  Carthage,  111.,  where  he  died 
in   1899.     She  now  resides  at    Manhattan,  Kan., 
where  she  is  Dean   of  Women  and  Professor  of 
Domestic  Science  at  the  State   Agricultural   Col- 
lege.    She  has  two 
Children : 

1_9  Ralph  Van  Zile,  born  Dec.  24,  1893.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  State  Agricultural  College,  June, 
1916. 
2_9  Loren  G.  Van  Zile.  born  October  14,  1898. 
5_8   KATE  HALL  PIERCE,  born  at  Solomon  City,  Kan., 
Oct.    1,    1873.    was   married    March    16,    1897.    at 
Winfield,  to  Horace  W.  Baker.     He  has  been  Aud- 
itor of  Louisa  County,  for  five  terms. 
Children : 

1_9   Kenneth  Baker,  born  August  23.  1898. 
2_9  Vera  M.  Baker,  born  August  17,  1900. 
3_9   William  H.  Baker,  born  Nov.  16,  1902. 
4_9   Pierce  Baker,  born  Feb.  12.  1905. 
6_8  NELLIE  PIERCE,  born  June  27,  1876,  died  March 

27,  1877. 
7_8   GEORGE  HARPER  PIERCE,  born  April  4,  1880, 
died  at  Winfield,  Iowa,  Sept.  14,  1886. 
11_7   ELIJAH  WOOD  BANDY,  youngest  son  of  John  and 
Mary  Van  Nice  Bandv,  was  born  at  Kossuth,  Iowa, 
March    25,    1840.     On    May    22,   1873,    he  married 
Elizabeth  Lea  Frame,  who  died  June  3,  1902,  and  he 
was  again  married.  May  16,  1905,  to  Virginia  Ban- 
Bandy,  the  widow  of  his  brother  Samuel.     She  died 
Jan.  i4,  1911.   He  was  a  member  of  Co.  K.  2nd  Iowa 
Cavalry  in  the  Civil  War.     He  has  lived  his  entire  life 
near    Mediapolis,    (where  he  still    resides  with  his 


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son  John),  having  retained    possession    of  the  farm 
entered  by  his  father  until  within  a  few  years.     He 
is  an  active  member  and  an  officer  in  the  Presbyter- 
ian Church. 
Children : 
1_8  JOHN  EVERETT  BANDY,  son  of  Elijah  and  Eliz- 
abeth Frame  Bandy,  was  born  April  11,  1ST7,  at 
Mediapolis,    Iowa,    and    was    married   March  5, 
1902,  to  Elizabeth  Belle  Pierce,  daughter  of  Lu- 
cian  F.  and  Susan  H.  Pierce.     They  lived  on  his 
father's  farm  until  190S,  and  on  a  farm  near  Mer- 
cedes, Tex.,  until  1914,  but  since  then  he  has  been 
engaged  in  the  hardware  business  at  Oakville.  He 
is  a  Republican.     They  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church. 
Children : 
1_9  Ruth  Elizabeth  Bandy,  born  Jan.  11,  1903,  died 

Jan.  23.  1903. 
2_9   Henry  Edwin  Bandy,  bom  May  1,  1904. 
3_9  Russell  Pierce  Bandy,  born  April  14,  1907. 
4_9  William  Everett  Bandy,  born  at  Mercedes,  Tex., 
Nov.  28,  1913. 
2_8  HERBERT  FRAME  BANDY,    son  of    Elijah  and 
Elizabeth  Bandy,  married  Leah  Libby  of  St.  Louis, 
on  July  5,  1911.     They  also  are  Republicans  and 
members  of  the  Presbyterian   Church  at   Media- 
polis, Iowa,  where  they  reside.     He  is  in  the  auto- 
mobile business.     They  have  one  son, 
1_9   Walter  Herbert  Bandy,  born  Nov.  30,  1914. 
12_7   CATHERINE  BANDY,  born  April   17.   1842.  died 
Sept.  3,  1914,  in  Washington,  D.  C.     She     married 
Isaiah  Messenger,  who  manufactured  the  first  drain 
tile  made  in  Iowa.  He  afterward  went  to  Fairfield 
and  engaged  in  the  same  business,  then  to  Colorado, 
to  California  and  finally  to  Washington,  D.  C. 
Children : 
1_8  EDWARD  MESSENGER,  born  in  June,  1868,  died 

Dec.  16,  1868. 
2_8  JOHN    MESSENGER,   born    Feb.    11,    1870,    died 

June  25,  1870. 
3_8  MARGARET  MESSENGER,    born  in   1872,    died 

Nov.  11,  1884. 
4_8  One  son  is  living  in  Washington,  D.  C. 


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6_6  JOHN  VAN  NUYS, 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah  (Banta)  Van  Nuys,  was  born  in 
Kentucky — probably  in  Shelby  County — Oct.  20,  1801, 
and  went  with  his  parents  to  Switzerland  County.  Indi- 
ana, in  1816.  He  lived  for  fifty  years  on  the  same  farm. 
where  he  died  Dec.  17,  1873.  He  married  on  April  13. 
1829,  Elizabeth  Henry,  born  April  3,  1803,  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  Henry,  who  brought  his  family  from  Sligo,  Ire- 
land, in  1787.  His  wife  died  near  Lynchburg,  Va.,  and 
Elizabeth  Henry  took  charge  of  the  family.  Her  father 
made  his  home  with  her  until  he  died  at  the  age  of  99 
years.  She  died  Feb.  21,  1874.  John  Van  Nuys  express- 
ed the  wish  that  his  family  Bible  should  pass  to  the  oldest 
surviving  member  of  the  family,  on  the  death  of  the  hold- 
er, a  rule,  the  observance  of  which  will  doubtless  help 
sustain  interest,  both  in  the  family  record  and  in  the  Di- 
vine Word. 

Children : 
1_7  ALICE  VAN  NUYS,  born  Sept.  23,   1830,  married 
Thomas  B.  McGregor,  Jan.  18,  1849.    She  died  Dec. 
18,  1853.    They  had  three 
Children: 
1_8  ELIZABETH   McGREGOR,  born  March  3,   1850, 
married    George    Frank    Hays.     She    died    near 
Noblesville,  Ind.,  leaving  one  son, 
1_9  Howard  Hays. 
2_8  SUSAN  McGREGOR,  born  Jan.  19,  1852.  married 
at  Falmouth,  Ind.,  Dr.  Newton  E.  Charlton,  Jan. 
23,  1878.     They  live  at  Clayton,  New  Mexico. 
Children: 

1_9   Maggelline  Charlton,  born  August  6,  1880:  mar- 
ried Earl  Messenger. 
2_9   Alice  Charlton,  born  June,  1885. 
3_9   Dale  Charlton,  born  September,  1889. 
(See  Leah  Van  Nuys) 
3_8  JOHN  McGREGOR.  born  Dec.  9,   1853,  married 
Ida  May  Stapp,    daughter    of  William  Stapp    of 
Madison,  Ind.    John  McGregor  is  a  lawyer  at  Mad- 
ison.    He  was  a  member  of  the  Indiana  State  Sen- 
ate several  years. 
Children: 
1_9  Thomas  B.  McGregor,  a  lawyer  at  Madison. 


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2_9  Helen  McGregor,  named  for  the  wife  of  Rob 
Roy.  She  is  a  student  of  music. 
2_7  WILLIAM  VAN  NUYS.  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Henry)  Van  Nuys,  was  born  Feb.  19,  1832,  and  mar- 
ried Agnes  S.  Heaston,  November  23,  1S59.  He  was 
a  physician  at  Anderson,  Ind.,  where  he  died  August 
28,  1898,  and  where  his  widow  now  lives. 
Children : 

1_8   MINNA  VAN  NUYS,  born  Aug.  24,  1860. 

2_8  JEAN  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  10,  1865,  married 
Thomas  M.  Rust,  Jan.  19,  1888.  One  son, 
1_9  Raymond  Van  Nuys  Rust,  born  Feb.  26,  1889. 
He  is  a  teacher    of  manual  training    in  Austin, 
Texas. 

3_8   KATE  VAN  NUYS.  born  March  12,  1868.     She  is 
a  milliner  in  Indianapolis. 

4_8   OPHELIA  VAN  NUYS,  born  Dec.  29,  1877,  mar- 
ried Oscar  Sines. 
Children: 

1_9  Virginia  Sines,  born  Nov.  21,  1903. 
2_9  William  Sines,  born  in  1908. 
3_7  DAVID  HENRY  VAN  NUYS,  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Henry)  Van  Nuys,  was  born  Nov.  27,  1834  in 
Switzerland  County,  Ind.,  and  on  June  19,  1864,  mar- 
ried Catherine  Custer,  of  Dublin,  Wayne  County. 
Indiana.  He  graduated  from  the  Jefferson  Medical 
College  of  Philadelphia  in  1855,  and  practiced  med- 
icine many  years  in  Falmouth,  Rush  County,  Indiana, 
but  in  1905  he  moved  to  Anderson,  Ind.,  where  he 
died  Oct.  15,  1915.  He  had  been  in  active  practice 
over  fifty  years  when  he  retired.  It  is  told  that  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Van  Nuys  were  never  apart  since  their 
marriage  except  two  days.  A  brother's  wife  writes. 
"Few  married  lives  have  been  so  happy  as  were 
theirs — fifty  one  years,  and  even  death  could  not 
separate  them",  for  she  died  on  Wednesday  night 
and  he  on  Fiiday  night,  of  the  same  disease,  pneu- 
monia. A  double  funeral  was  held  on  Sunday  and 
they  were  buried  in  a  double  grave.  The  filial  devo- 
tion of  their  two  sons  was  beautiful.  The  eldest  had 
written  to  them  and  heard  from  them  every  day  in 
the  thirty  years  he  had  been  away  from  home. 
Children : 


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1_S  FRANKLIN  BACHE  VAN  NUYS.   bom   May   2, 
1865,  married  Delia  Wisner,  Sept.  20,  1887.    He 
is  a  physician  at  Anderson,  Ind.,  and  Areola.  111. 
They  have  an  adopted  daughter  two  years  old. 
2_8  FREDERICK  ROLLIN  VAN  NUYS,  born  April  16, 
1874,  a  practising  attorney  at  Anderson,  Ind.     He 
is  state  senator  from  Madison  County,  well  known 
and  popular  throughout  the  state.    Unmarried. 
4_7  JANE  VAN  NUYS  .born    Nov.    17,    1836,    married 
David  P.  Anschutz,  May  8,  1864,  died  April  7,  1S68. 
Children : 
1_8  ELWOOD  ANSCHUTZ.  born  April  4,  1865.  Lives 
in  Kentucky.     No  record. 
5_7   GEORGE  VAN  NUYS,  born  Nov.  2,   1839,  died  in 

1842. 
6_7  THOMAS  CHARLTON  VAN  NUYS,  born  March  24, 
1844,  married  Mary  L.  Hunter,  Dec.  28,  1875. 
"He  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  College  of 
Ohio.  Cincinnati.  March  1S67.  and  practiced  medi- 
cine in  Evansville.  Indiana,  until  1869,  in  the  spring 
of  which  year  he  went  to  Germany  and  became  a 
student  of  Liebreicht,  in  the  chemical  laboratory  of 
the  Pathological  Institute  of  the  Berlin  University. 
He  worked  there  until  the  fall  of  1871.  when  he  re- 
turned to  Evansville  and  resumed  the  practice  of 
medicine,  and  taught  chemistry  in  the  Evansville 
Medical  College  and  in  a  select  school  for  young 
ladies.  In  1873,  he  returned  to  Germany  and  stud- 
ied chemistry  and  physics  in  the  Scientific  Institute 
at  Wiesbaden,  of  which  Fresenius  was  director.  In 
one  year  he  completed  the  course  given  in  that  Insti- 
tute, and  received  a  statement,  or  diploma  to  that 
effect.  He  returned  t«  tlrs  country,  and  in  .June, 
1874.  was  appointed  to  the  Chair  of  Chemistry  in  the 
Indiana  University  at  Bloomington.  In  1S76.  he  aga:n 
went  to  Germany  and  studied  organic  chemistry  with 
Fittig,  in  the  University  of  Strassburg.  He  returned 
to  the  Indiana  University  the  following  year." — The- 
odore M.  Banta. 

Dr.  Van  Nuys  was  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  this 
University  over  twenty  years.  1874-1895.  and  was 
Professor  Emeritus  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  at  Charlottesville,  Virginia,  Aug.  1,   1898. 


112  VAN  NUTS   FAMILY   HISTORY 


He  was  the  author  of  three  scientific  textbook.-. 
which  were  used  in  the  university  classes.  His  wid- 
ow resides  at  Seattle,  Washington.  They  had  two 
Children : 

1_8  FRESENIUS    VAN    NUYS,    born  September  28, 
1876    at    Strassburg,     Germany,     married      Jane 
Hardin,  Aug.  2.  1905.    He  is  a  physician  at  West- 
on Massachusetts.     He  received  his  A.  B.  degree 
from  the  University  of  Virginia,  and  M.  D.  from 
Harvard. 
2_8   MORTON  HUNTER  VAN  NUYS,  was  born  Mar. 
5,   1879,  at  Bloomington.  Ind.     He  also  received 
his  A.  B.  and  L.  L.  B.  degrees  at  the  University  of 
Virginia,  and  took  a  post  graduate  course  at  Har- 
vard.    He  is  a  lawyer,  with  offices  at  415  Boston 
Block,  Seattle.     He  is  not  married. 
7_6  ABRAHAM  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah  (Banta)  Van  Nuys,  was  born  June 
15,  1802,  in  Kentucky,  and  was  married'.  Feb.  28.  1827.  to 
Elizabeth  Demaree  in  Switzerland  Countv,  Indiana.    She 
was  born  in  Kentucky.  Dec.  11.  1811.     She  had  brothers. 
James  and  Jesse,  and  sisters.  Patsy  and  Lucy.     Abraham 
and  Elizabeth  moved  to  Iowa  in  the  fall  of  1841.  and  set- 
tled on  a  farm  which  he  "homesteaded"  near  the  village 
of  Kossuth,  north  of  Burlington,  and  near  what  is  now 
Mediapolis.     He  died  there  August  12,  18GG.     His  widow 
died  June  29,  1883. 

Children: 
1_7  NANCY  ANN  VAN  NICE,  was  born  June  3.  1828. 
near  Vevay,  Ind.     She  married  Joel  Wilson,  Nov.  26, 
1846,  in  Des  Moines  County,  Iowa.     In  1860,  the\ 
moved  to  Burlington,  and  in  1887  went  to  Broken 
Bow,  Nebr.,  where  he  died  Dec.  21.  1894.     She  died 
at  Grand  Junction.  Colorado,  April  3,   1910.     Joel 
Wilson  was  a  cooper  by  trade. 
Children : 
1-8  ASHBEL    JOSEPHUS    WILSON,    born    Nov.    19. 
1848,     died  unmarried,    near     Burlington,    Iowa, 
April  4,  1874. 
2_8  DRUSILLA  JOSEPHINE  WILSON,  twin  of  Ashbel 

Josephus.  died  in  November,  1853. 
3.8  ELLA  WILSON    was  born    April   17,  1852,    near 
Kossuth,  Iowa,  and  was  married  March  14,  1895, 


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to  L.  C.  Olcott  at  Broken  Bow,  Nebr.     They  live 
near  Grand  Junction.  Colo.    No  children. 
4-8  FLORA  WILSON,  born  Dec.  20.  1854,  married  O. 
M.  James,    April  29,   1896    at    Grand    Junction, 
where  they  live.     No  children. 
5-8  LEANDER   WILSON,   born    May    19,    1857,   near 
Kossuth,  la.,  was  married  in  Burlington,  la.,  Aug. 
2S,  1884.  to    Sarah  L.  Roberts.     They    moved  to 
Broken  Bow,  where  they  lived   until   1895,  when 
they  went  to  Grand  Junction,  Colorado,  where  he 
is  now  a  carpenter  and  a  fruit  grower. 
Children : 

1-9   Leroy  J.  Wilson,  born  Jan.  11,  1886.  at  Broken 
Bow,  Nebr.,  married  Katherine  M.  Hixson,  Jan. 
22,  1908.  at  Grand  Junction,  where  he  is  a  Post 
Office  Clerk. 
Children: 

1_10  Lois  May  Wilson,    born  Nov.  13,  1908,    at 

Grand  Junction. 
2_10  Elvin  Kieth  Wilson,  bom  July  31,  1910. 
3_10  Llovd  Algernon  W'Ison.  born  June  11.  1913. 
4_10   Gladys  Kathryn  Wilson,  born  Julv  10,  1915. 
2_9   Elmer   Kirkley   Wilson,   born    Jan.    3,    1888.    at 
Broken  Bow,   Nebr.,    married    Augusta   Clark. 
Feb.  18,  1909,  at  Grand  Junction,  where  he  is  a 
farmer.     One  child. 
1_10   Mildred  Ethel  Wilson,  born  Nov.  4.  1911. 
3-9   Kenneth   Ashbel   Wilson,  born  April  21,   1890, 
married   Constance   Cartmel,   Dec.  20.   1911.  at 
Grand  Junction.     He  is  a  farmer  at  Price,  Utah. 
Children : 

1_10   Harold  Everett  Wilson,  born  Dec.  29.  1912. 
2_10  Juanita  May  Wilson,  born  Oct.  1,  1915,  near 
Price,  Utah. 
4..9   Hazel  Sarah  Wilson,  born  Sept.  12,  1891,  near 

Broken  Bow,  Nebr. 
5-9   Gladys  Ann  Wilson,  born  Dec.  26,  1893,  mar- 
ried Clarence  E.  Hurd,  Dec.  25,  1915,  at  Grand 
Junction.  Colo. 
6_9  Leander  William   Wilson,  born  Feb.  28,    1896, 

near  Grand  Junction.  Colo. 
7-9   Kieth  Wilson,  born  March  26,  1903,  died  March 
26,  1903. 


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2_7  ISAAC  VAN  NICE,  born  Dec.  10,  1829,  near  Vevay, 
Indiana,   died   unmarried   April  27,   1895,  at  Kirks- 
ville,  Mo.     He  was  a  fanner. 
3_7  JAMES  VAN  NICE,  born    April  11,  1832,    married 
Perlina  Howe,  March  14,  1860,  in  Des  Moines  Coun- 
ty.   He  lived  all  his  life  from  childhood  in  this  Coun- 
ty, where  he  died  in  1912. 
1_8  ILA  VAN  NICE,  born  in  1861,  who  married  Thom- 
as Fewens  and    lives    at  Woodbine,    Iowa.     They 
have  five  children. 
2_8  PETER  VAN  NICE,  whereabouts  unknown. 
3_8   ANDREW  VAN  NICE,  who  married  Mary  Deets. 
He  was    a    blacksmith    at  Mediapolis,    where    he 
died  in  1913.. 
Children : 

1_9   Ruth  Van  Nice. 
2_9  Paul  Van  Nice. 
3_9   May  Van  Nice. 
4_8  ROSE  VAN  NICE,  died  in  childhood. 
5_8   GRANT  VAN  NICE,  who  married  Fannie  Rankin. 
He  is  a  farmer  near  Kirksville,  Mo.  Three  children. 
6_8  REUEL  VAN  NICE,  who  married  and  had  three 
children.     He  is  a  farmer  near  Mediapolis,  Iowa. 
7_8   GEORGE  VAxNNICE.  who  is  a  farmer  near  Brok- 
en Bow,  Nebr.     He  is  married.  No  children. 
8_8  JOHN  VANNICE,  who  is  a  farmer  near  Media- 
polis, Iowa. 
4_7  LEAH  MATILDA  VAN  NICE,  born  September  11, 
1834,  near  Vevay,  Indiana,  married  Charles  Wesley 
Hukill,  a  farmer  at  Mediapolis,  Iowa,  Oct.  14,  1852. 
She  had  come  to  Des  Moines  County,  with  her  par- 
ents in  1841,  and  so  was  familiar  with  the  hardships 
and  privations  of  frontier  life.     But  she  was  a  wom- 
an of  rare  disposition,  always  optimistic  and  cheer- 
ful ;  even  in  the  most  trying1  circumstances  of  life 
she  had  the  faculty  of  seeing-  the  brighter  side.  This 
entire  country  side   will  remember  Mrs.   Hukill   as 
one  of  the  matrons  who  graced  her  home,  her  church 
and  the  community  in  which  she  lived — was  said  of 
her  when  she  with  her  daughter  Rose  went  to  Ox- 
ford, Montana,  to  make  their  home  in  June,  1914. 
She  died  there  March  20,  1916,  and  was  buried  be- 
side her  husband  in  the  cemetery  at  Kossuth,  Iowa, 


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near  her  long-time  home.      Charles  Wesley   Hukill 
died  Jan.  6,  1897.     Altho*  ill  at  the  time,  Mrs.  Hukill 
expressed  much  interest  in  the  family  history  and 
assisted  materially  in  the  preparation  of  her  father's 
branch  of  this  record. 
Children: 
1_8  REBECCA   ELIZABETH    HUKILL,   bom    August 
30,  1853,  near  Mediapolis,  Iowa,  died  there  Aug. 
21,  1894. 
2_8  JOHN    WESLEY    HUKILL.    born    February    26, 
1855,  married  Emma  Blanchard,  Dec.  22,  1880.  at 
Mediapolis.    They  lived  on  a  farm  here  until  1900, 
when    they    removed    to    Oklahoma    City,    Okla., 
where  they  still  reside. 
Children : 

1_9   Charles  Melvin  Hukill.  born  Jan.  20,  1881.  mar- 
ried Lottie .    He  is  a  farmer  near  Oklahoma  City. 

One  son, 

1_10  Euerene  Hukill. 
2_9  Effie   Pearl   Hukill,   born   September  27,    1883, 
married  Earl  Abernathy.  One  daughter, 
1_10   Margaret  Ruth  Abernathy. 
3_9   Morell  Hukill,  born  1888,  an  engineer,  married 

and  has  three 
Children. 

1_10  Richard  Hukill. 
2_10  Mildred  Hukill. 
3_10  Infant  Hukill. 
4_9  Elizabeth  Hukill.  born  1894. 
3.8  URSULA  MAY  HUKILL,  born  February  18.  1857, 
married  Dr.  E.  A.  Parker,  June  23,  1878,  at  Med- 
iapolis, Iowa,     They  live  in  Oxford,  Montana. 
Children : 

1_9  Ella  Maude  Parker,  born  August  23,  1880.  She 
is  a  graduate  of  Iowa  Wesleyan  University  and 
is  engaged  in  teaching. 
2_9   Charles   Emmet  Parker,  born   April   30,   1883, 
married   Sadie   Seeds   at   Mediapolis,   Iowa,   on 
Nov.  25,   1915.     He  is  a  farmer  near  Oxford, 
Montana. 
4_8  WILLIAM  WILEY  HUKILL.  born  March  7,  1859. 
He  is  unmarried,  and  is  engaged  in  mining  at  Sal- 
ida,  Colorado. 


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5_8  LINCOLN   HANNIBAL   HUKILL,   born   Feb.    12, 
1861.  Unmarried.     He  is  a  farmer  and  stock  deal- 
er at  Idalia,  Colorado. 
6_8  ROSE  ELLA  HUKILL,  born  Oct.  31,  1870.     She  is 
a  graduate  of  Iowa  Wesleyan   University  and  of 
the  Chicago  Polyclinic  Training  School  for  nurses. 
As  a  graduate  nurse  she  is  registered  in  Iowa  as 
well  as  in  Montana,  the  state  where  she  resides, 
at  Oxford. 
5_7  LUCY  VAN  NICE,  bom   February  28,   1837,  mar- 
ried Abraham  Cawley,  in  Des  Moines  County,  Iowa, 
March    23,  18G8.     Her    husband    lived    only  a  few- 
years  and  after  his  death  she  followed  dressmaking 
in  Burlington,  Iowa,  where  she  died  April  23,  1907. 
Children : 
1_8  JOCENNA  CAWLEY,  died  in  infancy. 
2_8  MARTIN  JOCEPHAS  CAWLEY,  married  Kath- 
erine  Masters.     He  is  in  the  life  insurance  business 
in  Burlington,  Iowa,  where  they  live  at  721  Harri- 
son Avenue.    They  have  one  son, 
1_9   Lester  Cawley. 
3_8  JOESPHINE  CAWLEY  died  in  infancy. 
6_7  ABRAHAM  VAN  NICE,  born  March  28,  1839,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Bown  on  Jan.   1,   1866,  at  Burlington, 
Iowa.     About  1870  thev    moved  to  Kirksville,  Mo. 
They  lived  in  Ft.  Scott,  Kansas,  from  1872.  to  1875, 
but  returned  to  Kirksville,  where  he  died  June   1, 
1909.     They  lived  on  a  farm.     He  obeyed  his  coun- 
try's call  in  the  Civil  War  and  served  three  years  in 
Co.  K.  14th  Iowa  Infantry.     His  widow  survives  him 
at  Kirksville,  Mo. 
Children : 
1_8   CLARENCE  M.  VAN  NICE,  born  in  Iowa  Nov.  7.. 
1866,    went    with    his    parents  to   Missouri.      He 
graduated  at     Kirksville  Normal  in  1893,     then 
taught  for  some  time.     Married  Mary  Fowler  Feb- 
24,  1895.     He  is    pastor  of    a  Baptist  Church  in 
Adair  County,  Missouri,  where  they  live  on  a  farm. 
1_9   Rav  Vannice,  born  Dec.  6,  1895. 
2_9  Robert  Abraham  Vannice,  born  May  12,  1903. 
2_8  JOSEPH  WESLEY  VANNICE,  born  Jan  5,  1869, 
married    September  28,   1898,    Alice    Carver    at 


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Grand  Junction,  Colorado,  where  he  is  in  the  real 
estate  business. 
Children : 
1_9  Loren  Wallace    Vannice,    born    December  22, 

1899. 
2_9  Dean  Hall  Vannice,  bom  April  11,  1902. 
3_9   Carroll  Alden  Vannice,  born  April  14,  1904. 
4_9  Alice  Rachel  Vannice,  born  July  20,  1907. 
5_9  Wendell  Joseph  Vannice,  born  Oct.  6,  1912. 
3_8  ROSELLA  MAY  VANNICE.  born  Feb.  20,  1872, 
married  Nov.  14,  1899,  at  Kirksville,  Mo.,  David 
L.  Shriver.    They  moved  to  Grand  Junction,  Colo., 
in  March,  1901.  They  now  live  on  a  farm  at  Clif- 
ton, Colo. 
Children: 

1_9   Leland  Mark  Shriver,  born  Aug.  6,  1902. 
2_9  Eva  May  Shriver,  born  July  26,  1905. 
3_9  Hurschel  A.  Shriver.  born  Aug.  29,  1910. 
4_9  Ariel  Fern  Shriver,  born  Oct.  8,  1911. 
4_8   CORA   VAN  NICE,   born   near  Kirksville,   Adair 
County,  Missouri,  October  11,  1875,  married  Dec. 
25,  1901,  Charles  Clyde  George,  who  was  born  in 
New  York,  and  who  died  Aug.  17,  1912.    She  lives 
at  Bozeman,  Montana. 
Children : 
1_9  William  Wayne  George,  born  in  Albia,  Iowa, 

May  6,  1903. 
2_9  Clarence  Clifford  George,  born  in  Staunton,  111., 

August  6,  1905. 
3_9   Marcella    Gladvs    George,    born   in    Staunton, 
March  15,  1908. 
7_7  JESSE   HARBIN  VAN  NICE,  born   May   15.    1841, 
near  Vevay,  Indiana,    died  in    Des  Moines  County, 
Iowa,  March  4,  1842. 
8_7  EMILY  VAN  NICE,  born  September  24,  1843,  in  Des 
Moines    County,    Iowa,    married    Samuel    Zerber,    in 
1877  (?)  at  Burlington,  Iowa,  where  they  continued 
to  reside.     But  after  the  death  of  her  husband  she 
took  a  homestead  at  Broken  Bow,  Nebraska.     She 
now  lives  with  her  onlv  daughter, 
1-8  ROSE  BELLE  ZERBER.  who  married  Luther  Cole. 
They  live  at  Rangdy,  Colo.,  and  have  three  chil- 
dren, Chester,  Clifford  and  Wilma. 


US  VAN  NUYS   FAMILY    HISTORY 


9_7   WESLEY    MARTIN    VANNICE,    youngest    son    of 

Abraham  and  Elizabeth  Demaree*    Van  Nice,   was 

born  July  1,  1847,  in  Des  Moines  County,  Iowa,  and 

was  married  to  Sarah  J.  Myers,  at  Kossuth,  Iowa, 

Nov.  19,  1S74.     For  several  years  he  was  a  merchant 

at  Northeld,  Iowa,  but  they  now  live  on  a  farm  near 

Broken  Bow,  Nebr.     He  served  two  years  in  Co.  M. 

8th  Iowa  Cavalry  in  the  Civil  War. 

1_8  AVALO  P.  VANNICE,  born  September  20.  187G. 

at  Kossuth,  Iowa,  married  Mabel  Ann  Burdick  at 

Salem,  Oregon,  in  May,  1904.     He  is  a  minister  in 

the  United  Brethren  Church,  and  is  stationed  at 

Kearney,  Nebraska.  Two 

Children: 

1_9   Marvin  W.  Vannice,  born  September  13,  1906, 

at  Broken  Bow. 
2_9  Bernice  L.  Vannice,  born  July  17,  1912,  at  Coats 
field.  Nebr. 
2_8  ROSS  W.  VANNICE,  born  May  7,  1878,  at  North- 
field,  Iowa,  died  Nov.  12,   1898,  at  Broken  Bow, 
Nebr. 
3_8  ASHBEL  W.  VANNICE,  born  Feb.   17,   1885,  at 
Broken  Bow,  married  Jennie  Johns,  of  York,  Ne- 
braska, on  Aug.  4,  1915.     He  is  principal  of  the 
high  school  at  Crab  Orchard,  Nebr. 
4_8   CHESTER  A.  VANNICE,  born  Oct.  30,  1887,  died 

Jan.  12,  1895. 
5_8   MERLIN  C.  VANNICE,  born  Sept.  7,  1892.     He  is 
a  farmer  at  Broken  Bow,  Nebraska. 
8_6   JAMES  VAN  NUYS, 
sixth  son  of  Isaac  and  Leah  (Banta)  Van  Nuys,  was  born 
in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  April  9,  1805.    He  went  with 
his  parents  to  Switzerland  County,  Indiana,  in  1810.  His 
first  marriage  was  to  Isabel  Allen,  of  Scotch  descent,  in 
this  county.    She  was  probably  related  to  William  Allen, 

*NOTE — Elizabeth  Demaree  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy 
Demaree  who  had  seven  children,  James,  Jesse,  John  all  of  whom 
moved  to  Ripley  County,  Indiana  and  owned  farms  there  and  Martha 
Lucy,  Elizabeth  and  Nancy.  Jesse  and  John  married  sisters,  Betsy 
and  Sally  Myers, Martha  married  John  Carnine,  Nancy  married  James 
Lewis  and  Lucy  married  Drury  Clark.  The  parents  died  the  same 
year  and  the  children  were  scattered,  Elizabeth  being  brought  to 
Indiana. 


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who  married  Jane  Terhune.  To  this  union  two  children 
were  born.  He  married  2nd  on  May  5,  1836,  Elizabeth 
Van  Osdale.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a  cooper.  They  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  James  Van  Nuys 
died  near  Pleasant.  Switzerland  County,  Indiana,  March 
19,  1891.     Elizabeth  Van  Osdale  died  March  9,  1906. 

Children,  by  first  marriage: 
1_7  LEAH  ANN  VAN  NUYS,  born  March  5,  1832.  No 
definite  information  concerning  her  or  her  brother. 
One  informant  thinks  both  died  young.  Another 
says  she  married  and  had  children  and  went  to  Iowa. 
2_7  JOHN  VAN  NUYS.  No  record. 

Children,  by  2nd  marriage: 
3_7  SUSAN  VAN  NUYS.  was  born  Feb.   17.  1837,  and 
died  March  10,  1899.    She  was  married  Dec.  9,  1852, 
to  James  Paulley,  who  was  born  Nov.  9,  1829.  and 
who  died  June  1,  1913.     He  was  a  farmer  in  Switzer- 
land County.     They  had  nine 
Children : 
1_8  INDIANA  JOSEPHINE  PAULLEY,  born  June  17, 

1854  .died  May  12.  1862. 
2-8  SARAH  ELIZABETH  PAULLEY.  was  born  Aug. 
23,  1856,  and  was  married  to  Edgar  Miles,  Nov. 
14.  1875.     He  was    born    Aug.  1,    1853    and  is  a 
farmer  in  Switzerland  County. 
Children : 

1_9  Frederica  Gertrude  Miles,  born  Jan.  26.  1877. 
married  Alexander  Harper,  Nov.  16.  1895.  They 
have  one  child. 
1_10  Bernice  Harper,  born  Aug.  11,  1896. 
2_9   Carl  Seymour  Miles,  was  born  Dec.  29.   1878, 
and  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Aldred  Dec.  27, 
1899.     They  live  at  Bennington,  where  he  is  a 
farmer  and  trader.     One  child. 
1_10  Thelma  Miles,  born  July  24,  1901. 
3-9  Earl  Stanley  Miles,  born  Jan.  6,  1881.  married 
Estelle  Thatcher.  Nov.  19.  1911.     They  live  at 
Cross  Plains.  Indiana,  and  have  one  daughter, 
1_10  Luriel  Miles,  born  Nov.  9,  1912. 
4_9  Katherine  Isabel  Miles,  born  Feb.  23.  1888.  was 
married   May  8.   1907.  to  Walter  C.  Vandiver. 
He  is  a  farmer  at  Avonburg,  Indiana. 


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Children : 

1-10  Ross  Vandiver,  born     Oct.  17,   1909,     died 

Sept.  24,  1911. 
2_10   Hazel  Vandiver.  born  Jan.  20,  1911. 
5_9   Lois  Edna  Miles,  Mas  born  July  28,  1894.  and 
married  Ardie  Kinder  of  Fairview,  Ind.,  Fob. 
27,  1915.     He  is  a  farmer. 
3_8  ADELINE  PURDY  PAULLEY  was  bom  June  13, 
1860,  and  was  married  to  B.  F.  Hayes,  Oct.  31, 
1878. 
Children : 

1_9  Royal  Edwin  Hayes,  born  Aug.   1,  1879.  mar- 
ried Zella  Stout,     She  died  about  1903,  and  he 
married  Alpha  Benefiel.    There  was  one  daugh- 
ter by  the  first  marriage, 
1_10  Linnie  Hayes. 
2_9   Daughter,  died  in  infancy. 

3_9  John  Van  Nuys  Hayes,  born  Aug.  17,  1889,  mar- 
ried Catherine  Crawford. 
Children : 

1_10  John  Manley  Haves. 

2_10  Hayes. 

4_8  JACOB    CYRUS   PAULLEY,     born     October    22, 
1862,    married    Emma    Berry,    Feb.   3,   1889,  at 
Springfield,  Mo.,  where  she  died  June  20,   1890. 
Jacob  C.  Paulley  died  March  28,  1895.     One  son, 
1_9  Irvin  Leroy  Paulley,  born  Sept.  24,  1889,  died 
June  8,  1890. 
5_8  IDA  ISABELLE  PAULLEY,     was  born     June  9, 
1865  and  was  married  to  Marion  E.  White,  Nov. 
28,  1886.  They  have  four 
Children : 

1_9   Carroll  Stanley  White,  born  Sept.  11,  1887. 
2_9  Lee  Arnold  White,  born  Aug.  13,  1889. 
3_9   Cordelia  White,  born  Oct.  8,  1891. 
4_9   Catherine  White. 
6_8  SUSAN  CATHERINE  PAULLEY,  was  born  April 
21,  1867,  and  was  married  to  F.  B.  Gaumer,  Nov. 
28,   1886.     After    his    death    she    married  B.  R. 
Vandiver. 
Children,  by  first  marriage: 

1_9  Indiana  Josephine  Gaumer,  born  Nov.  4,  1887, 
married  Clarence  Copher.     Two 


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Children : 

1_10   Grace  Gopher. 
2_10   Carl  Gopher. 
2_9  Bessie  Cordelia  Gaunier,  born  March  28.  1889. 
married  Everett  Furnish,  June  20,  1906.     Died 
July  28,  1906. 
3_9  Margaret  Gladys  Gaumer,  born  Nov.  16,  1891, 
married   Thomas   Crockett.      They   have   three 
children. 
4_9  Grace  Gaumer,  born  Jan.  27,  1894. 
5_9  Hobart  Paulley  Gaumer,  born  Aug.  19,  1896. 
Children,  by  second  marriage: 
C_9  Angeline  Vandiver. 
7_9   Alice  Vandiver. 
8_9   Oris  Vandiver. 
7_8  JAMES    SIDNEY    WILLIAM     PAULLEY,    born 
Aug.  16,  1S69,    married    Alice  M.    Ryan.     They 
live  in  Henry  County  Indiana.     Two 
Children  : 

1_9   Clarence  Edwin  Paulley,  born  July  31,  1893. 
2_9  Laura  Paulley,  married. 
8_8  ROBERT  THEODORE  PAULLEY.  was  born  Nov. 
16,  1871,  and  was  married  to  Effie  L.  Gordon  of 
Cross  Plains,  Ind.  She  died  Aug.  27,  1908.  and  he 
married  Grace  Reed.     They  live  in  Terre  Haute, 
Indiana. 
Children,  bv  first  wife: 
1_9  Byron  Paulley. 
2_9  Lawrence  Paullev,  died  voung. 
3_9  Madge  Paullev. 
4_9   Gordon  Paullev 
5_9   Mabel  Paulley. 

6_9   One  child  by  second  wife,  died  in  infancy. 
9_8   MARGARET     ESTELLE     PAULLEY     was'  born 
April  2,  1874  ,and  was  married  to  Lawrence  Gris- 
wold,  May  1,  1892.     One  daughter, 
1-9  Ida  Robena   Griswold,  born     March  23,   1893, 
married  Morton  Buchannon.  One  child, 
1_10  Margaret  L.  Buchannon. 
4-7  JACOB  C.  VAN  NUYS,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
Van  Osdale  Van  Nuys,  was  born  September  9,  1833, 
and  was  married  to  Label  McGuire,  who  was  born 
November  2,  1845,  and  who  died  June  9.  1880.  After 


122  VAX  NUYS   FAMILY   HISTORY 


her  death  Jacob  Van  Nuys  moved  to  Oberlin,  Kan- 
sas; taking  all  seven  of  his  children  with  him.     He 
died  February  11,  1911,  in  Kansas. 
Children : 
As  in  many  other  instances,  we  find  that  the  children 
of  James  Van  Nuys  have  Anglicized  the  spelling  of  the 
family  name. 

1_8  FREDERICK  WILLIAM  VAN  NUYS,  born  Dec. 

17,  1865,  married  Lucy  Sullivan.  He  was  drowned 

in  Texas  while  fishing,  on  September  24,  1909.  He 

left  a  wife  and  one  daughter, 

1_9  Lura  Sullivan,  born  in  1901.     She  and  her  moth 

er  live  at  Bloomington.  Nebraska. 

2_S  JAMES  FRANCIS  VAN  NICE  was  born  May  6, 

1867,  in  Switzerland  County,  Indiana.  He  mar- 
ried Elsie  Furze.  They  live  at  1220  N.  Topeka 
Ave.,  Topeka,  Kansas.  He  is  a  marble  cutter  and 
dealer  in  monuments,  with  a  prosperous  business, 
a  pushing,  busy  man.     They  have  one  daughter. 

1_9  Viola  F.  Van  Nice,  born  in  1900. 
3_8  INDIANA  ALICE  VAN  NICE,  born  October  17. 

1868,  living,  unmarried,  in  White  City,  Kansas. 
4_8  ETTA  ELIZABETH  VAN  NICE  was  born  Septem- 
ber 17,  1870.  and  was  married  in  Oberlin,  Kas. 
to  Benjamin  F.  Murphy.  They  live  in  Blessing, 
Texas  and  have  three 

Children: 

1_9  Laura  Murphy,  born  in  1890. 
2_9  Vernon  Murphy,  born  in  1892. 
3_9   Fay  Murphy,  born  in  1907. 
5_8  EMMA    MAY    VAN    NICE,    born  September  3, 

1871,  married  Enos  L.  Sumner  who  died  in  1914. 

The  family  lives  in  Olatka,  Colo.     They  had  six 
Children : 

1_9  Estelle  Sumner,  born  in  1904. 
2_9   Daughter  died  in  childhood. 
3_9   Alva  Sumner  born  in  1911. 
4_9  Alia  Sumner  born  in  1911    (Twin  of  Alva). 
5_9  and  6_9  Two  boys. 
6_8   MUSA  DORA  VAN  NICE,  born  August  4,  1873, 

married  P.  J.  Laverty  in  1898.    They  live  at  White 

City,   Kansas,   where  he   is  Supt.   of  maintenance 

on  the  Rock  Island  Rail  Road. 


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Children : 

1_9   Vera  Laverty,  born  in  1901. 

2_9  Frederic  Laverty,  born  in  1902. 

3_9  Glenn  Laverty,  born  in  1904. 

4_9  Frank  Laverty,  born  in  1906. 

5_9  P.  J.  Laverty,  Jr.,  born  in  1907. 

6_9   Mildred  Laverty,  born  1909. 
7_8  ADA    FLORENCE    VAN    NICE,    born   May   15, 
1875,  married  M.  W.  Long  in  1899.     She  died  in 
1910.     He  has  a  restaurant  at  Horton,  Kansas. 

Children : 

1_9   Osie  Long,  born  1900. 

2_9  Irene  Long,  born  1902. 

3_9   Earl  Long,  born  1906. 

4_9  Weldon  Long,  born  1910. 

9_6  ANN  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Leah  Banta  Van  Nuys,  was  born 
April  12,  1807,  and  was  married  to  Andrew  Morton.  They 
:-pent  their  married  life  on  a  farm  near  Madison,  Indiana. 
They  were  Presbyterians.  She  died  Dec.  21,  1840,  and 
after  her  death  the  family  moved  into  Madison,  where 
the  father  died  in  his  72nd  year.  Eight  children  were 
born  to  them  but  of  the  eight  only  two  were  married, 
John  and  Ann. 

Children: 
1-7  SUSAN   MORTON,  was  born  September  24,   1830, 

and  died  July  27,  1856. 
2-7  JOHN  MORTON  was  born  Oct.  6,   1831,  and  was 

married  August  28,  1855.  to  Margery  Jane  McCay, 

who  died  February  12,   1859.     They  had  two  chil- 
dren.   He  married  second,  in  December,  1862,  Sarah 

Jane  Neyhardt  of  Clinton   County,  Indiana.      They 

lived  for  short  periods  in  Madison  and  Indianapolis. 

but  in  1866     located  on  the  farm  near     Elizaville, 

where  the  widow  still  lives.     John  Morton  died  Feb. 

24,  1904  at  Elizaville.  Indiana. 

Children,  by  first  marriage: 
1-8  SUSAN  FORREST  MORTON,  born  July  29,  1856, 

died  Auugst  30,  1859. 
2_8   GEORGE  MORTON,  born  Oct.  17,  1858,  died  Dec. 
29,  1858. 

Children,  by  second  marriage: 


124  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


3_8  EDWARD  HOYT  MORTON,  born  at  Indianapolis 
February  29,  1864,  married  Lizzie  Ham,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1S88.     He  is  a  farmer  near  Elizaville.  No 
children. 
4_8  JOSIE  BALL  MORTON,  born  January  24,  1866, 

died  August,  1869. 
5_8   CHARLES  WEBSTER  MORTON,  born  near  Eliza- 
ville, August  31,   1868.  married   Mary   Maze,   on 
December  27,   1893.     They  live  on  a  farm  near 
Elizaville.     They  had  four 

Children : 

1_9   Orla  Leslie  Morton,  born  Oct.  11,  1894. 

2_9  Son,  born  and  died  September  22.   1896. 

3_9  Lottie  Maud  Morton,  born  September  20,  1898. 

4_9  Arnot  J.  Morton,  born  Feb.  19,  1902. 
6_8  ZORO  NEYHARDT   MORTON,  born   September 
28,    1870,   married   Lulu   Phillips,   September  27, 
1899.     They  are  farmers  near  Elizaville. 

Children : 

1_9   Wendell  Phillips  Morton,  born  June  2.  1902. 

2_9  Paul  Lovern  Morton,  born  March  27,  1905. 
7_8  WILLIAM    ANDREW    MORTON,     born     July    8. 
1872,  married  Carrie  Wiley,  June  1,  1910.     They 
live  with  his  mother  and  sister  Addie. 

Children : 

1_9  Sarah  Doris  Morton,  born  April  9,  1911. 

2_9  Esther  Luella  Morton,  born  June  13,  1912. 

3_9   Hugh  Vannice  Morton,  born  Nov.  5,   1913. 
8_8  ALVARO     DELBERT     MORTON,    born    May   9, 
1874.  married  Martha  McDonald. 

Children : 

1_9  Rush  Rudell  Morton,  born  Nov.  2,  1898. 

2_9  Son,  born  and  died  Julv  12,  1901. 

3_9  Fred  Tate  Morton,  born  July  19,  1902. 

4_9   Mary  Doris  Morton,  born  April  7,  1905. 

5_9  John  Wayne  Morton,  born  September  18,  1906. 

6_9   Gladys  Lavon  Morton,  born  May  23,  1908. 

7_9  Eula  Maud  Morton,  born  January  15,  1911. 

8_9   Leona  Fav  and  Leota,  twins  born  October  25, 
1912.     Leota  died  November  1,  1912. 

9_9   Donald  Harold  Morton,  born  June  9,   1915. 
9_8   ADDIE  MAUD   MORTON,  born  April  22,   1S7G. 
She  lives  at  Elizaville. 


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3_7  LEAH  MORTON,    daughter  of    Andrew  and   Ann 
(Van  Nuys)    Morton,   was  born  June  6,   1833,  and 
died  in  March  18G3,  unmarried. 
4_7  MARY   MORTON,    daughter   of   Andrew    and    Ann 

Morton,  was  born  April  8,  1835. 
5_7  JEAN  MORTON,  born  August  22,  1836.  died  Sep- 
tember 8,  1836. 
6-7   CATHERINE  MORTON,  born  November  16,   1837. 

died  in  March,  3  858. 
7_7  JANE  MORTON,  born  March  22,   1839,  died  Nov. 
29,  1906.    She  resided  in  Lebanon,  Indiana,  the  later 
years  of  her  life,  but  died  at  Elizaville,  at  the  home 
of  her  sister  in  law. 
8_7  ANN  MORTON  was  born  December  11,  1840,  near 
Madison,  and  on  October  18,  1864,  was  married  to 
Alexander   Caskey.      She   died     October   21,     1865. 
They  had  one  son, 
1_8  GEORGE  CASKEY.  born  in  October,  1865.  When 
last  heard  from  he  was  hi  Santa  Anna,  California. 
10_6   CORNELIUS  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah  Banta  Van  Nuys,  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky, July  3.  1809,  and  in  1816  went  with  his  parents  to 
Switzerland  County,  Indiana,  where  on  April  25.   1832. 
he  was  married  to  Susan  Lee  Dickerson.  who  was  born  in 
Orange  County.  New  York,  July  9,   1813.     About  1838 
they  emigrated  to  Iowa,    settling  on    a  farm,  which  he 
"entered"  near  Kossuth  and  in  Yellow  Springs  township, 
Des  Moines  County,   Iowa,  north   of  Burlington.     They 
were  two  of    the  eleven    charter    members  of  the  New 
School  Presbyterian  Church  organized  at  Kossuth,  Sep- 
tember  12,   1840.     In   1854,  they   again   contracted   the 
western  fever  and  moved  from   Kossuth   to  Blue  Earth 
C  ounty,  Minn.    He  was  many  years  a  ruling  elder  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Winnebago  City,  Minn.     In  1882 
they  went  to  Flandreau,  N.  D..  to  be  near  their  sons  who 
had  located  there.     He  died  there. 

Their  numerous  grand  children  have  many  cherished 
memories  of  the  pleasures  bestowed  upon  them  by  this 
revered  couple. 

Children  : 
1-7   HARRTET  NEWELL  VAN  NICE,    born    November 
13,  1833,  married  Nathaniel  Brown,  who  was  born 
November  9,  1825,  and  died  March  17,   1906.     He 


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was  a  farmer  at  Eden   Prairie,   Minn.     They  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  were  affili- 
ated with     the   Republican  partv.     Harriet  Brown 
died  January  12,  1887. 
Children: 
1_8  ROSE  BELLE  BROWN,  born  May  5.  1853.  mar- 
ried John   Norton,    a  farmer  at    Luverne,   Minn. 
They  and  their  family  are  Presbyterians. 
Children : 

1_9   Etta   Norton,    who   married     Clayton   Erwin   at 
Luverne,  wrhere  they  live  on  a  farm.    They  have 
four  children. 
2_9  Roy  Norton. 
2_8   WILEY    ALONZO    BROWN,    born    November    1. 
1855,  died  unmarried  in  early  manhood  at  Eden 
Prairie,  Minn.     He  was  a  teacher  at  Greenwood, 
South  Dakota. 
3_8  STEPHEN    EDGAR    BROWN,    born    March    23, 
1857,  married  Elizabeth  Severence  at  Flandreau, 
S.  D.     He  died  March  2.  1901.  in  Michigan,  whith- 
er he  had  gone  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  and 
had  married   again.      The  second  wife  with  one 
daughter  is  living. 
Children,  by  first  marriage. 
1_9   Harriet  Brown,  who  died  aged  five  years. 
2_9   Delia  Brown,  who  married  Earl  Birdsell.  They 
live  in  South  Minneapolis,  and  have  one  child. 
By  second  marriage: 
3_9  Evelvn  Brown. 
4_8  FRANK  A.  BROWN,  born  July  31,  1859.  married 
Lucy  Libby,  and  second,  Jennie  Bray.     They  lived 
first  in  Minneapolis,  but  are  now  living  at  Sioux 
Falls,  S.  D.,  where  he  is  engaged  in  market  gar- 
dening. 
Children,  by  first  marriage: 
1_9   Mabel' Brown. 
2_9   Grace  Brown. 
5_8  CLARA  LEE  BROWN,    born    February  9,   1862, 

died  May  3,  1887. 
6_8  SARAH  AMANDA  BROWN,  born  March  7.  18G4, 
was  married  to  William  Moorman,  and  moved  to 
Grand  Rapids  .Michigan,  where  he  is  in  the  groc- 
ery business.     No  children. 


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7.8   OSCAR  HOWARD  BROWN,  was  born  Nov.  28, 

1866,  and  married  Matilda .  They  went  from 

Minneapolis  to   Grand   Fork,   N.   D.,   where  they 
now  live. 
8_8  JESSIE    DICKERSON    BROWN,    born    July  29, 

186S,  died  February  24.  1869. 
9_8  CHARLES  LEROY  BROWN,    born    October  27, 
1870,  married  Alice  Goetz,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
and  moved  to  Amery,  Wis.,  where  they  live  on  a 
farm. 
Children : 

1_9  Curtis  Brown,  aged  7  years. 
2_9   Muriel  Brown,  aged  4  years. 
10_S   CARRIE  MAY  BROWN,  born  August  26,  1872, 

died  in  infancy. 
11_8  FLORENCE   MABEL  BROWN,   born   December 

16,  1873,  died  June  4,  1874. 
I2_8  EVA  LOUISE  BROWN,  born  October  29,  1877, 
died  January  4,  1878. 
2_7  ISABELLA  CARNAHAN  VAN  NICE  was  born  in 
Switzerland  County.  Indiana,  December  1,  1837.  and 
was  married  at  Winnebago  City,  Minn.,  June  14, 
1860,  to  Edward  Brace,  who  was  born  May  27,  1822, 
in  Sheldon,  N.  Y.  He  lived  on  the  same  farm  north 
of  Shelbyville,  Minn.,  in  Blue  Earth  County,  over 
fifty  years,  from  1856  to  1906.  (Amboy  was  not 
then  in  existence).  Thence  they  removed  to  Saw- 
telle,  California,  where  he  died  July  22,  1915,  in  his 
94th  year.  Isabella  Brace  survives  her  husband,  and 
now  resides  with  her  daughter,  Dora  Chord,  at  254 
East  7th  Street,  Riverside.' California.  They  and  all 
their  family  have  been  either  Prohobitionists  or  ar- 
rayed with  the  Anti-saloon  League  against  the  same 
evil. 

Children : 
1-8  MINNIE  MAY  BRACE,  born  at  Amboy,  Blue 
Earth  Countv.  Minn.,  Mav  6.  1861,  was  married 
October  13,  "l880,  to  Curtis  J.  Louer,  who  was 
born  in  Wisconsin,  October  2,  1857.  a  son  of 
George  and  Mary  Louer,  From  their  marriage 
to  191 1,  they  lived  on  the  same  farm,  then  moved 
into  Ambov.  where  thev  now  live.  Thev  are  mem 
bers  of  the  M.  E.  Church. 


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Children : 

1_9  MAUDE  LOUER,  born  June  8,  1832,  in  Blue 
Earth  County,  Minnesota,  on  December  9,  1902, 
married  George  Kerns,  born  April  20,  1877,  a 
son  of  John  and  Mary  Kerns  and  a  grandson  of 
Rev.  John  Powell,  a  grand  old  pioneer  of  Meth- 
odism in  these  parts.  He  is  a  piano  tuner,  and 
she,  a  teacher. 
Children : 

1_10   Mavis  Kerns,  born  December  12,  1904. 
2_10  Gayl   Kerns,   born   in   Ambov,    October  20, 

1906. 
3_10  Lynn  Kerns,  born  March  28,  1908. 
4_10  Nelda  Kerns,  born  February  25,  1911. 
2_9  Louella  Louer,  born  October  30,  1883,  married 
on  November  11,  1908.  Edward  Hicks,  born  in 
1S85,  a  son  of  Herbert  and  Delia  Hicks.    Thev 
live  on  a  farm  in  Shelby  township,  Blue  Earth 
County,  Minn. 
Children : 

1_10   Una  Hicks,  born  December  22.  1909. 
2_10   Hazel  Hicks,  born  December  25,  1910. 
3_10   Merle  Hicks,  born  Januarv  7,  1912. 
4_10  Fern  Hicks,  born  July  4,  1914. 
3_9  Elizabeth  Louer,  born  June  12,  1887,  married 
December    30,    1908,     George   Kienholz,    bom 
October  8,  1881.     He  is  a  son  of  Melchor  and 
Elizabeth  Kienholz.  who  were  born  in  Switzer- 
land.    They  live  on  a  farm  in  Blue  Earth  Coun- 
ty.    Members  of  the   Methodist  Church.      One 
son, 

1_10  Leslie  Kienholz,   born   March  29,   1911. 

4_9  Mayme  Louer,  born  April  14.  1892,  was  mar- 
ried September  11,  1910.  to  Wm.  Sharp,  who 
was  born  September  4.  1883,  a  son  of  John  and 
Phoebe  Sharp,  who  came  from  Scotland.  Ster- 
ling township.  Blue  Earth  County,  is  the  home 
of  Wm.  and  Mayme  Sharp.  One  son, 
1_10   Gordon  Sharp,  born  June  29,  1915. 

5_9   Carrabel  Louer,  born  Dec.  10,  1896.     She  is  a 
teacher. 

6_9  Arthur  Louer,   born   December  23,   1894,   died 
January  3,  1895. 


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2_S  CHESTER  H.  BRACE,  bom  August  23.  1864,  mar- 
ried on  December  14,  1898,  Carrie  Belle  McLain, 
of  Amboy,  who  was  born  in  New  Vineyard,  Maine. 
He  is  in  the  automobile  and  livery  business  in 
Kansas  City,  where  they  live.     No  children. 

3_8  DORA  BRACE,  born  June  10,  1871,  married  in 
March,  1910,  Robert  Irwin  McKee,  D.  D..  who  was 
born  near  Wellsburg,  W.  Va.,  July  12,  1860,  a  son 
of  Wm.  and  Mary  Jester  McKee.  The  degree  of  D. 
D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Grove  City  College, 
Penn.  He  began  his  ministry  in  Pittsburg  Con- 
ference in  1883.  and  has  served  pastorates  at 
Cumberland,  W.  Va.,  Circleville,  Penn.,  Sawtelle, 
and  Pasadena,  Calif.,  and  is  now  pastor  of  Grace 
M.  E.  Church  at  Riverside.  Calif.  No  children  by 
this  marriage,  but  he  has  two  sons  by  his  first  wife, 
William  and  Brownson. 

4_8  NORA  BRACE,  twin  of  Dora,  was  married  Nov. 
6,  1901,  to  Rev.  Robert  N.  Chord,  born  July  14, 

1871,  a  minister  in  the  Congregational  Church. 
He  is  now  pastor  of  a  church  at  Cottonwood,  S.  D. 

Children : 

1_9  Helen  Verna  Chord,  born  March  11,  1903. 
2_9  Edward  Kenneth  Chord,  born  May  4,  1904. 
3_9   Muriel    Marguerite    Chord,    born     October   21, 

1905. 
4_9  Florence  Isabelle  Chord,  born  June  10,  1907. 
3_7  CAROLINE  ESTHER  VAN  NUYS.  born  November 
23,   1840,  was  married  in  Minnesota,  December  3, 
1868,  to  Thomas  A    Russell,  who  was  born  in  Lon- 
don, England,  January  19,   1833,  and  who  died  in 
Pasadena,  California,  November  18,  1906. 
Children : 
1-8  EDWARD  LEE  RUSSELL,  born  at  Davenport,  la., 
October  23.    1869.   was  drowned   at  Greenwood, 
South  Dakota,  June  20.  1884. 
2-8  SUSAN  ELIZABETH   RUSSELL,  born  in   March. 

1872,  was  married  December  26,  1898,  to  Rev. 
Thomas  F.  Clark,  of  Eden  Prairie.  Minn.,  who  was 
born  Nov.  12,  1870.  and  who  died  at  St.  Croix 
Falls,  Wisconsin.  August  10,  1914.  He  was  pastor 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  St.  Croix  Falls, 
where  his  widow  still  resides. 


130  VAN   NUYS   FAMILY    HISTORY 


Children : 

1_9  Thomas  Russell  Clark,  born  October  29,  1899. 

2_9   Paul  R.  Clark,  born  February  1.  1902. 

3_9  Edward  Van  Nuvs  Clark,  born  Dec.  27,  1903. 

died  April  7,  1906. 
4_9  Elizabeth  Caroline  Clark,  born  June  24,  1907. 
5_9   George  Gordon  Clark,  born  November  15,  1909. 
3_8  HELEN   VAN  NUYS    RUSSELL,    born   Dec.    15, 
1874,  was  married    August   10,  1906,    to  Rev. 
Charles  H.  Flemming.     He  is  pastor  of  a  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  they  live  at  2706  Pinckney  St., 
Omaha. 
Children: 
1_9  Elizabeth  R.  Flemming,  born  March  22,  1908, 

died  August  4.  1912. 
2_9   Carol  Van  Nuys  Flemming,  born  June  5,  1911. 
3_9  Anna  Josephine  Flemming,  born  June  20,  1913. 
4_8  FRANK  THOMAS  RUSSELL,  born  February  13, 
1876,  is  unmarried.     He  lives  in  Pasadena,  Calif. 
4_7  SARAH  AMELIA  VAN  NUYS,  was  born  April  12. 
1843,  at  Kossuth,  Iowa,  and  was  married  to  John  P. 
Williamson,  at  Winnebago  City,  Minn.,  on  April  27, 
1866.     She  has  been    a  faithful    helpmeet    and  co- 
worker with  him  in  his  chosen  work. 
John  Pogue  Williamson,  D.  D.,  born  October  27,  1835. 
at  Lac  qui  Parle,  Minnesota,  where  his  father  Dr.  Thom- 
as S.  Williamson   was  missionary  to  the  Sioux  Indians, 
completed  his  education  and  graduated  from  Lane  Semi- 
nary in  1861,  and  began  his  life  work  as  a  missionary  to 
the  Sioux  Indians,  among  whom  his  father  was  working. 
He  organized  his  first  church  of  twelve  members  at  Red 
Wood  Agency.  Minn.     Later  in  1862-3  he  labored  among 
the  Indians  who  had  engaged  in  the  outbreak  near  New 
Ulm,  Mankato  and  Ft.  Snelling,  Minn.     His  work  among 
the  prisoners  kept  by  the  state  near  Fort  Snelling  for  a 
number  of  years,  was  of  such  a  nature  of  unselfish  de- 
votion that  it  made  him  the  lasting  friend  of  the  Sioux. 
When  this  band  of  hated  Sioux  was  finally  sent  to  Crow 
Creek,  Missouri,  he  went  with  them  and  finally  was  in- 
strumental   in   getting    them    located,   at    Niobrara    (?) 
Neb.     In  1864  he  took  up  work  at  Yankton  Agency,  thir- 
ty miles    farther    up  the    Missouri  river    at  Greenwood. 
South  Dakota,  where  he  has  spent  his  life,  working  with 


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untiring  energy  and  great  success.  Since  1872  he  has 
been  Superintendent  of  Mission  work  for  the  Sioux  In- 
dians, but  in  1915  the  work  became  too  great  to  be  longer 
done  by  him  and  he  retired  from  active  service,  tho  not 
entirely  giving  up  his  work.  The  field  of  his  work  was 
large,  embracing  the  Dakotas,  Montana  and  Nebraska, 
and  Dr.  Williamson  never  spared  himself — visiting  the 
churches,  overseeing  church  building,  and  often  doing 
much  of  the  actual  labor  himself.  He  is  known  and  loved 
by  the  Sioux  as  their  "Friend  John",  and  altho  his  active 
service  for  them  is  done,  his  work  will  follow  and  speak 
for  him  to  coming  generations. 

Not  only  among  the  Sioux  is  he  honored,  but  there  is 
not  a  minister  in  the  Synod  of  South  Dakota  more  esteem- 
ed and    loved  than  is    Dr.  John  P.  Williamson.     At  the 
meeting  of  Synod  following  the  completion  of  fifty  years 
of  service  as  a  missionary  his  brother  ministers  gave  ex- 
pression to  their  love  and  esteem  by  presenting  him  a 
beautiful  large  sterling  silver  Loving  Cup.     He  has  been 
chosen  commissioner  to  General  Assembly  many  times, 
and  his  name  has  always  stood  upon  the  list  of  important 
committees  in  his  church,  where  his  services  have  been 
cheerfully  and  uncomplaininglv  given.     He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Legislature  in  1897-8. 
Children: 
1_8  WINIFRED    LEE    WILLIAMSON    was    born    at 
Santee.  Nebr.,  April  3,  1867,  and  was  married  to 
Jesse  Barton    at    Greenwood,  S.  D.,    August  22, 
1899.     No  children. 
2_8  GUY    WICKLIFFE    WILLIAMSON  was  born  at 
Winnebago  City,  Minn.,  October  7,  1868,  and  was 
married  December  29.   1908,  to  Edith  Sophronia 
Peck,  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa.     Three 
Children: 

1_9  Alexander  Peck  Williamson. 
2_9   Henrv  Van  Nuvs  Williamson. 
3_9  Elizabeth  Williamson. 
3_8  THOMAS  C.  WILLIAMSON  was  born  March  10, 
.  1870,   at  Greenwood.  S.   D..  and   was  married   to 
Frances  Pond,  at  Bloomington,  Minn.,  October  5, 
1898.     They  have  six  children: 
1-9   Margaret  Olive  Williamson,  and  Frances  Eliza- 


13  2  VAN  NUYS   FAMILY  HISTORY 


beth,  Hazel  Van  Nuys,  twin  of  Frances,  ?»IabeI 
Ruth,  Theodora  Cornelia,  and  George  Pond. 
4_8  JESSE    PHILANDER    WILLIAMSON    was    bom 
March  10,  1872,  and  in  December,  1900,  was  mar- 
ried to  Addie  Jordan  at  Oneida,  S.  Dakota- 
Children  : 

1_9  John  Danforth  Williamson. 
2_9  Helen  Lois  Williamson. 
5_8  JOHN  BERTRAM   WILLIAMSON,  born  October 
10,  1874  at  Greenwood,  married  Annie  Antelope 
in  December  1904  at  Cedar,  South  Dakota. 
Children  : 

1_9   Martin  Sidney  Williamson,  and  William  Wheel- 
er and  Clement  Lee. 
6_8   MABEL  RUTH  WILLIAMSON,  born  August  12, 

1877,  died  January  6,  1SS5. 
7_8  LAURA  LUCILE  WILLIAMSON,    born    October 
14,  1879,  at  Greenwood,  married  there  in  Octo- 
ber, 1907,  William  Ernest  Lyman. 
Children: 

1_9  John  Williamson  Lyman,  and   Richard  Ernest, 
Robert  Fiske  and  Eleanor  Van  Nuys  Lyman. 
8_8   HELEN  VAN  NUYS   WILLIAMSON,     was    born 
June   10,   1883,  and  was  married  September  25, 
1912,  to  Herbert  Benjamin  Lyman.     They  have 
one  son, 
1_9  James  McClue  Lyman. 
.7  MARY  SOPHRONIA  VAN  NICE  was  born  in  184G. 
and  died  at  St.  Paul.  Minn.,  in  July,  1886.     She  was 
married  in  1863  to  Charles  Chapel.     After  her  death 
he  married  Isabella  Smith  Young,  who  died  April  4, 
1916.  He  is  custodian  of  the  old  Capitol  Building  at 
St.  Paul,    and    is  living    in    Forest  Lake,  Minn.     He 
served  his  country  during  the  Civil  War. 
Children: 
1_8   GRACE  DICKERSON  JUNE  CHAPEL,  born  June 
23,  1868,  at  Winnebago,  Faribault  County,  Minn., 
was  married  to  August  Nichols  in  1885.  They  live 
at  Burlington,  Washington.     They  have  six  chil- 
dren, four  girls  and  two  boys. 
2_8  GUY  CLIFFORD   CHAPEL,   born   at  Winnebago 
in     November,  18G9.     was  married  at     St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  August  2,  1894,  to  Louise  S.  Haas,  born  in 


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Alsace-Lorraine,  Germany.     They    live    at  New- 
port, Minn.     He  is  a  plumber  in  St.  Paul. 
One  child: 

1_9   Grace  V.  Chapel,  born  July  7,  1895. 
3-8  PAUL  LEE  CHAPEL,  born  at  Winnebago,  Octo- 
ber 1,  1870,  was  married  in  St.  Paul,  May  17,  1890 
to  Margaret  Young.    They  live  in  St.  Paul,  where 
he  has  a  large  plumbing  business. 
Thev  have  one  daughter, 
1_9   Mary  Isabelle  Chapel. 
4_8  HENRY  WILTON  CHAPEL,    born    at    St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  April  28,  1873,  married  Theresa  Ryan.  He 
is  editor  and  publisher  of  the  town   paper,   'The 
Enterprise.'  at  Puyallup,  Washington.     They  are 
members  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 
Children: 

1_9   Charles  Chapel. 
2_9   Milton  Chapel. 
5_8  SARAH  RUTH   CHAPEL,  born  in   1875,  died  in 

1887. 
6_8  SUSAN  CHAPEL,  born  in  1877,  died  in  1887. 
7_8  JOHN  B.  CHAPEL,  born  in  1879.  died  in  infancy. 
8_8  PANSY  CHAPEL,  born  at  St.  Paul,  in  1880.  died 

the  same  year. 
9_8  MARY  SOPHRONIA  CHAPEL,  born  at  St.  Paul, 
in  December,  1885,  died  July  4,  1893. 
6_7  PHILANDER  AUGUSTUS  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Cor- 
nelius and    Susan  Dickerson    Van  Nice,    was    born 
August,  1848,  near  Kossuth.  Des  Moines  County,  la., 
and  went  with   his  parents  to  Blue  Earth   County. 
Minnesota,  in  1854.     He  went  to  Flandreau,  S.  Dak., 
in  1871.  and  settled  on  a  farm  there,  on  which  he 
lived  nearly  forty  years.     On  July  22.  1874.  he  was 
married  to  Lucinda  Norton  of  Luverne,  Minn.,     All 
their  children  were  born  near  Flandreau,  S.  D.     In 
1910,  they  removed  to  Ashland,  Oregon,  where  they 
still  reside.     They  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  and  of  the  Prohibition  Party. 
Children  : 
1_8  BENJAMIN  CLEMENT  VAN  NICE,  born  October 
7,    187G,    was  married    at    Lu  Verne,  Minnesota, 
June  4,  1901,  to  Lillian  Nina  Putney.     They  live 
in  Chico,  California. 


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Children: 

1_9  Erma  Virginia  Van  Nice,  born  April  9,  1902. 
2.9  Ethelyn  Ida  Van  Nice,  born  February  5,  1905. 
3_9  Vernon  Putney  Van  Nice,  born  March  26,  1907. 
2_8  ROBERT  VAX  NICE,  died  in  infancy. 
3_8  AMY  VAN  NICE,  born  in  1878,  died  young. 
4_8  HARRY  VERNON  VAN  NICE,  born  July  4,  1880, 

lives  in  Chicago. 
5_8  PANSY  ARILLA  VAN  NICE,  born  December  4. 
1882,  lives  in  Ashland,  Oregon.     She  married  and 
has  two  sons. 
6_8  CAROL  LEE  VAN  NUYS.  born  October  23,  1885. 

is  a  teacher  in  Pasadena,  California. 
7_8  FLORENCE  MABEL  VAN  NUYS.  born  Septem- 
ber 10.  1889.  is  teaching  in  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 
.7  CLEMENT  AURELIUS  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Cornel- 
ius and  Susan,  was  born  in  May,  1851,  and  in  1875 
at  Faribault,  Minn.,  was  married  to  Ida  M.  Draner. 
They  went  to  Flandreau,  S.  D.,  in  1S78,  where  they 
lived  until  the  fall  of  1909.  when  they  moved  to  Jef- 
ferson, Oregon,  where  Ida  Draper  Van  Nice  died  in 
1914.     He  still  lives  there.     All  their  children  were 
born  near  Flandreau. 
Children : 
1_8  LUELLA  VAN  NICE,  who  died  in  infancy. 
2_8   CORNELIUS  STEPHEN  VAN  NICE,  born  Novem- 
ber 30,  1878,  at  Flandreau,  married  Ada  Blanche 
Taylor,  at  Pierre,  S.  D.,  April  15,  1906.     They  live 
on  a  farm  near  Pierre. 
Children : 

1_9  Guy  Elmo  Van  Nice,  born  December  27,  1908. 
2_9  Vivian  Marie  Van  Nice,  born  January  25,  1911. 
3_9   Clement  Aaron  Van  Nice,  born  September  21, 

1913. 
4_9  Alfred  Lyle  Van  Nice,  born  November  24,  1915. 
3_8   MAUD  SOPHRONIA   VAN  NICE,  born  Septem- 
ber 9,  1882,  married  Albert  L.  Tiedemann  at  Jef- 
ferson, Oregon,  October,  1909.     She  died  June  3, 
1914,  leaving  four 
Children: 
1_9  Ellis  Clement  Tiedemann.    born  in    November. 

1910. 
2_9  Lila  May,  born  in  January,  1912. 


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3_0   Audrev  Pearl  and  John,  born  in  1913. 
4.8  CHESTER  ARTHUR  VAN  NICE,  born  April   14, 
1892.  Unmarried,  living  at  Jefferson,  where  he  is 
a  machinist. 
5_8  THERESA  CLARE    VAN  NICE,    born    July    23. 
1894,  married  Gene  V.  Robinson  at  Jefferson,  in 
May,  1913.     He  is  a  barber  at  Jefferson,  Oregon. 
One  daughter, 
1_9   Cecelia  Madonna  Robinson,  born  in  1914. 
.7  HENRY  DICKERSON  VAN  NUYS,  youngest  son  of 
Cornelius  and  Susan  Lee  Dickerson  Van  Nuys,  was 
born  in  Yellow  Springs  Township,  Des  Moines  Coun- 
ty, Iowa,  October  21.  1853.  and  was  married  at  Shel- 
byville.  Minn.,  December  2,  1S75,  to  Mary  Ella  Sam- 
son, who  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  De- 
cember 2.  1855.     They  came  to  Flandreau,  S.  D..  in 
1878,  where  they  still  reside;     They  have  been  Char- 
ter members  of  the  Presbyterian   church  in  Fland- 
reau, for  thirty  eight  years,  and  have  been  identified 
with  every  progressive  movement  in  the  community. 
Mary  E.  Van  Nuys  has  been  a  state  officer  of  the 
Woman's  Board    of  the    Presbyterian   Church,   for 
many  years,  and  is  now  Synodical  President  for  Da- 
kota Svnod.     They  have  one  son, 
]_8   CLAUDE  CORNELIUS  VAN  NUYS.  born  in  Shel- 
byville,  Minn..  September  5.  1878,  who  went  with 
his  parents  when    two  months    old  to  Flandreau, 
S.  D.     He  graduated  from  High  School  in   1896. 
and  from  Yankton  College  in  1901  with  degree  of 
A.  B.     In  1907     he  received  the     degree  of  B.  S. 
from  the  Dakota  School  of  Mines    at  Rapid  City 
and  in  1909,  E.  M..  from  same  institution.    Mean- 
while he  had  taught  four  years  and  received  A.  M. 
degree  from  Columbia  University.  New  York.  He 
was  elected  Professor  of  Physics  at  the  South  Da- 
kota School  of  Mmes  in  September,  1909.  which 
chair  he  now  holds.     He  was  married  in  Septem- 
ber,  1910  to    Laura    Gertrude    Bower,   who   was 
born  at  Vermillion.  South  Dakota,  November  27, 
1880. 
Children: 
1_9   Kelvin  Van  Nuys,  born  at  Rapid  City,  S.  Dak., 

June  13.   1914. 
2_9   Maxwell  Van  Nuys,  born  December  17,  1915. 


13G  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY   HISTORY 


11-6  THOMAS  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah  Bantu  Van  Nice,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 4,  1811,  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  and  came  to 
Switzerland  County,  Indiana,  with  his  parents  in  1816. 
On  December  26,  1833.  he  married  Martha  Banta,  born 
December  15,  1815,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  Mitch- 
ell Banta,  who  had  moved  from  Henry  County,  Ken- 
tucky, to  Switzerland  County,  about  1823.  Henry  Banta 
was  an  Elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Pleasant, 
Indiana.  Pie  died  of  Cholera  July  12,  1S33,  and  his  wid- 
ow married  Cornelius  A.  Voris.  She  died  October  7, 
1862.  Thomas  Van  Nice  was  a  farmer  near  Pleasant. 
Indiana,  but  in  1841  he  came  to  Iowa,  and  settled  in  Ben- 
ton Township,  Des  Moines  County,  where  he  died  June 
27,  1842.  His  widow  afterward  married  G.  Barnes. 
Thomas  and  Martha  Van  Nice  had  three 

Children. 
1_7   HENRY  VAN  NICE,  who  died  in  Iowa  about  1862. 
2_7  SAMUEL  GORDON  VAN  NICE,  who  died  in  1866. 

He  married  Mary  Barnes.     No  children. 
3_7   MARY   ELLEN    VAN   NICE,    who    married    Henry 
Wolsey.    They  moved  to  Kansas  in  1880,  and  thence 
to  Shawnee.  Oklahoma,  in  1892.  where  she  died  of 
paralysis,  March  23.  1910.  Mr.  Wolsey,  now  85  years 
of  age  and  in  good  health,  lives  with  his  daughter 
in  Shawnee. 
Children: 
1_8  SOPHRONIA     WOLSEY.    who    married    Samuel 
Waddle,  January  10,  1877.     He  died  in  Shawnee, 
February  20.    1915,  and  she  was  married   again 
on  June  8,  1916  to  Thomas  J.  Bradley,  who  was 
born  in  Tennessee.     He   has  a     grocery  store  in 
Shawnee.    They  are  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church 
and  are  Republicans. 
Children: 

1-9  Mary  Olive  Waddle,  born  November  15,  1877. 
married  W.  M.  Chestnut.  March  29,  1899.  Eight 
children:  Ralph,  Edith,  Orville.  Earl,  Elizabeth, 
Mavis,  Mildred  and  Melda,  the  oldest  sixteen 
years  of  age. 
2_9  Cora  E.  Waddle,  born  March  24.  1879,  mar- 
ried  Albert  Romberg  of  Shawnee,   Oklahoma. 


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Children: 

1_10   Alma  Lee  Romberg:,    aged   10,    and  Ruby, 
Helen  and  Alton  Albert. 
3_9  James  W.  Waddle,  born  June  26,   1883.  mar- 
ried in  Oregon,  January  22,  1914,  Lillian  Har- 
vey of  Pendleton,  Oregon.  No  children. 
4_9  Elizabeth  Waddle,  born  January  17,  1887,  died 
August  2,  1889. 
2_8.  ANNETTA     WOLSEY,     who     married    William 
Wyckoff  of  Holton,  Kansas. 
Children: 

1_9  Raymond  Wyckoff,  born  in  1886. 
2_9   Charles  Wvckoff,  born  in  1896. 
3_9   Hazel  Wvckoff,  born  in  1901. 
4_9   Glenn  Wyckoff. 
3_8   MARTHA  A.  WOLSEY,  born  April  22,  1866,  in 
Des  Moines  County,  Iowa,  was  married  to  Leroy 
Margerum,  February  10,  1884.     He  died  in  1906. 
Children: 

1_9  Elmer  Margerum  ,born  Mav  10,  1885,  married 
February  21,   1909,  Shirley  Hunick.  Two  chil- 
dren, Gladys,  aged  5.  and  Thelma. 
2_9   Guy   Margerum,   born   February   17,   1887,   un- 
married. 
3_9  Lee  Margerum,  born  May  22,  1890,  was  mar- 
ried September  1,  1912  to  Elizabeth  Ingraham. 
No  children. 
4_9   Harry  Margerum,  born  October  2,  1893. 
5_9   Marie  Margerum,  born  February  3.  1896. 
6_9  Lorraine  Margerum,  born  August  20,  1900. 
7_9  Alta  Margerum.  born  May  24,  1902. 
4_8  ELIZABETH  WOLSEY,  who  married  John  Davis 
of  Holton,  Kansas. 
Children : 
1_9  Tevla    Davis,    married    Thomas    Cox,    and    has 

two  children. 
2_9  Nellie  Davis,  married  Conn  Six.     They  live  in 
Arkansas.  No  children. 
5_8   CHARLES   WESLEY   WOLSEY,     who    was  born 
June  1.  1877,  married  May  2,  1900,  Elsie  Bohan- 
non,  who  was  born  May  14,   1879.     They  live  in 
Shawnee,   Okla. 


13S  VAN   NUYS   FAMILY   HISTORY 


Children: 

1_9  Edna  Mildred  Wolsey,  born  January  3,  1903. 
2_9  Henrv  Cecil  Wolsey,  born  December  17,  1904. 
3_9  Pearl  Hildred  Wolsey.  born  Jan.  5,  1909. 
4_9   Mary  Belle  Wolsey.  born  September  12.  1912. 
5_9  Elsie  Marie  Wolsey,  born  August  17,  1914. 
6_8   ARTHUR    WOLSEY    married    Evelyn    Dunn    of 
Shawnee.      They   live    at    Watonga,   Okla.,    and 
have 
1_9  Everett  Wolsey.  born  in  1913. 
2_9   Maxwell  Van  Nuys,  born  December  17,  1915. 
12_6  ALBERT   VAN   NICE, 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah,  was  born  September  27.  1812,  in 
Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  and  was  taken  by  his  parents 
in  1816  to  Switzerland  County.  Indiana.     Thence,  in  1842 
he  went  to    Des  Moines    County.    Iowa.     On  January  4. 
1838.  he  was  married  to  Indiana  Hukill,  who  was  born 
April  23,  1817,  and  died  at  the  home  of  her  daughter. 
Catherine  Winegar,  at  Lexington,  Nebr.,  April  29,  1915, 
just  as  she  was  beginning    her    99th    year.     Albert  Van 
Nice  died  August  31,  1864.    They  spent  their  married  life 
on  a  farm  in  Yellow  Springs  township,  Des  Moines  Coun- 
ty.   They  were  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  as  are  most 
of  their  descendants,   and    were    prominent   among   the 
pioneers  of  this  region. 

Children: 
1.7   MEL  VINA  VAN  NICE,  born  in  Indiana,  June   13, 
1839,  was  married  at  Burlington,  Iowa,  November 
13,1862,  to  Charles  P.  King,  who  was  born  August. 
6,  1838.     She  died    February  11,  1915,    at  Strang, 
Nebraska,  where  he  still  liyes. 
Children: 
1_8  LILLIAN  KING,    born    February   14,   1864,  near 
Kossuth,  Iowa,  married  John  O.  Brown,  December 
20,  1883,  who  died  Jan.  18,  1893.     He  was  a  car- 
penter.    She  married    again     Mr.  Stewart,    who 
died.     She  is  now  postmistress  at  Strang,  Nebr. 
Children,  by  first  marriage: 

1_9  Lester  P.  Brown,  born  October  25,  1884,  at 
Carleton,  Nebr.,  married  Effie  Tonkinson,  Jan. 
18,  1906.  They  live  on  a  farm  near  Strang,  Ne- 
braska. 


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Children : 

1_10  Lela  Pearl  Brown,  born  October  17,  1906. 
2_10   Mervin  V.  Brown,  born  February  25,  1908. 
3_10  Mariorie  Lavina  Brown,  born  May  6,  1913, 
died  July  21,  1914. 
2_9  Harold  C.  Brown,  born  March  25,  1886.  near 
Collyer,    Kansas,     married      Mary    Tonkinson, 
December  25,   1905.     They     are  farmers  near 
Strang,  Nebr. 
Children : 

1_10  Harold  C.  Brown,  Jr.,  born  July  11,  1906. 
2_10  Udith  May  Brown,  born  February  7.  1909. 
3_10  Ila  Zoe  Brown,  born  January  1.  1910. 
3_9  Edna  E.  Brown,  born  May  31,  1888,     married 
Pearl  Mitchell,  May  31,  1909  at  Strang,  Nebr., 
where  they  now  reside  on  a  farm. 
Children : 

1_10  Wayne  B.  Mitchell,  born  June  22,  1912. 
2_10  Lauren  Elbert  Mitchell,  born  December  12, 
1915. 
4_9   Iva  I.  Brown,  born  July  23,  1890.  married  Jesse 
W.  Messman.  February  20.  1913,  and  moved  to 
Montana,  where  they  are  farmers.  One  son. 
1_10  Warren  B.  Messman.  born  October  11.  1915. 
5_9   Orra  A.   Brown,  born   May  20,   1893,   married 
Benj.  H.  Thompson  September  21,   1915.     He 
is  a  farmer. 
2_8   ALBERT  W.   KING,    born    November    13.   1865. 
near  Kossuth.  Iowa,  married  Lillian  31.  Cooper,  at 
Holdredge.  Nebr.,    May   3.    1891.     They    live  in 
Kansas  City,   Mo.,     where  he  is     manager  for  a 
branch  of  the  Dempster  Manufacturing  Co. 
Children : 
1_9  Bernice  Ruth  King,  born  January  21,  1893,  in 

Beatrice.  Nebraska. 
2_9   Ula  Beatrice  King,  born  May  19.  1894 
3_8   GERTRUDE  KING,  born  November  3,  1868,  near 
Walla  Walla,  Wash.,  married  L.  Van  Zele,  near 
Strang,  July  29,   1893.     They  are  in  business  in 
Geneseo,  111. 
Children : 

1_9   Verlie  Leon  Van  Zele,  born  February  20,  1894, 
at  Strang. 


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2_9  Gladys  Marie  Van  Zele.  born  May  7,  1895,  died 

at  Geneseo.  111.,  May  15,  190S. 
3_9  Howard  Van  Zele,  born  December  10,  1901,  at 

Strang. 
4_9  Ruth  Evelyn  Van  Zele,  born  August  16,  1905. 

died  March  8,  1908. 
5_9   Clifford  Lyle  Van  Zele,  born  June  14,  1909,  at 
Geneseo. 
4_8  WILEY  W.  KING,    born    October  4,  1873.    near 
Dayton,   Wash.,     married    Myrtle   Williams  near 
Strang,    December    28,    1897.     He  is  a    traveling 
salesman   for  the    Dempster   Manufacturing   Co.. 
and  lives  at  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D. 
Children  : 
1_9   Maida  King,  born  October  3,   1898,  at  Edgar, 

Nebraska. 
2_9  Kenneth  King,  born    July  17,    1905,    at    Sioux 
Falls. 
5_8  E.  ROSS  KING,  born  June  29,  1876.  at  Mediapolis, 
Iowa,  married  Effie  Shull  at  Geneva,  Nebr.,  Oc- 
tober 10,  1898.     They  are     homesteading  a  half 
section  farm  at  Akron,  Colo. 
Children : 
1_9  Velma  Viola  King,  born  November  6,  1901,  near 

Beatrice,  Nebraska. 
2_9  Lloyd  Winston  King,  bom  October  14,  1906. 
3_9  Wanda   Alona   King,   born   July   3,    1913,   near 

Dillingham.  Colo. 
4_9   Clyde  Foster  King,  born  November  17,  1914. 
6_8   CHARLES  B.  KING,  born  June  29,  1876,  twin  of 
Ross,  lives  in  Strang,  Nebraska. 
2_7  ROBERT  RAY  VAN  NICE,  born  April  2.  1841,  mar- 
ried Katherine  Evans  of  Brownsville,   Ore.,   March 
19,  1873,  who  died.     He  died  November  15,   1895. 
He  went  to  Walla  Walla,  Wash.,  in  1867  after  serv- 
ing in  the  Civil  War  in  the  1st  Iowa,  and  later,  on  the 
frontier  fighting  the  Indians.    He  left  his  family  well 
provided  for,   after  a   lifetime  spent  in   helping  to 
develop  a  new  country. 
Children : 
1_8  DAVID  VAN  NICE,  died  unmarried. 
2_8  SOPHRONIA    VAN  NICE,    married    Mr.    Kittle, 
and  has  two  children. 


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3_8  EURETTA  VAN  NICE  ARMSTRONG,  who  died 

about  1904  and  left  four  children. 
4_8  CHARLES  VAN  NICE,  married.   No  children. 
5_8   MARGARET  VAN  NICE    STOVALL,    who    has 

three  children. 
6_8  ROBERT  VAN  NICE,  JR.,  who  is  married  and  has 

one  child. 
7_8  GEORGE  VAN  NICE,  married.  Has  one  child. 
3_7  EUPHEMIA  VAN  NICE,    born    January    12,  1843. 
married  Pearson  Carmean,  May  31,  1861.    She  died 
February  25,  1896,  leaving  nine  children,  six  girls 
and  three  boys,  all  still  living.  Their  father  died  also, 
at  Paola,  Kansas,  where  they  had  lived. 
4.7  LUTHER  M.  VAN  NICE,  born  in  Des  Moines  Coun- 
ty, Iowa,  January  23,   1845,  was  married  to  Sarah 
Latta,  October  1,  1869,  in  Iowa,  and  in  1870  went  to 
Walla  Walla  County,  Washington,  and  settled  on  a 
homestead,  enduring  all  the    hardships    of  pioneer 
life.     But  they  were  industrious  and  resolute,  and 
reaped  the  fruits  of  their  industry  when  they  acquir- 
ed a  tract  of  1300  acres  of  Washington  land,  near 
Dayton,  where  they  live,  and    saw    the    wilderness 
blossom.     He    also  was    a  soldier    in  the  30th  Reg. 
Iowa  Inf.  in  the  Civil  War. 
Children : 
1_8   A.  MATTHEW  VAN  NICE,  who  is  married  and 
lives  at  Dayton,  Washington. 
Children: 

1_9  Ruth  Van  Nice,  born  1897. 
2_9  Paul  Van  Nice,  born  1898. 
2_8  J.  HARVEY  VAN  NICE,  who  is  married  and  has 

seven  children.     They  live  at  Garfield,  Wash. 
3_8  ROBERT  L.  VAN  NICE,  who  has  three  children, 

and  lives  at  Stavelv,  Alberta,  Canada. 
4_8  WILL  H.  VAN  NICE,  who  lives  at  Turner,  Wash., 

and  has  two  children. 
5_8   MARY  VAN  NICE,  who  died  in  infancy. 
6_8  ANNA  ELIZA  VAN  NICE,     who     married   Mr. 
Hubbard,    a    farmer    near    Dayton,  Washington. 
They  have  three  children. 
5_7  ROXANNA  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Albert  and  In- 
diana Hukill  Van  Nice,  was  born  April  10.  1849.  in 
Des  Moines  County,  Iowa,  north  of  Burlington  and 


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near  Mediapolis.     On  January  4,  1872.  she  was  mar- 
ried to  La  Fayette  Banta,  born  April  25,  1816,  a  son 
of  Abraham  and  Rachel  (Van  Arsdale)  Banta.  who 
had  been  married  September  1,   1833.     La  Fayette 
Banta  was  a  farmer  near  Holdredge,  Phelps  County, 
Nebraska,  where  Roxanna  Van  Nice  died,  Septem- 
ber 5,  188S.     He  afterward  married  Mary  F.  Wil- 
kens. 
Children : 
1_8   GRACE  LEE  BANTA.  born  October  23,  1873,  at 
Kingston,  Iowa,  married  Thos.  Jefferson  Hall,  who 
is  a  carpenter  in  St.  Louis,  where  thev  live  at  418S 
Lucky  Street.     One  child, 
1_9   Helen  Elizabeth  Hall,  born  October  11,   1S99, 
at  Reinbeck,  Iowa. 
2_S   ALBERT  ABRAHAM  BANTA,  bom  May  3,  1875. 
at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa,  married  Nettie  M.  Schure- 
man  July  25,  1899.     He  is  a  merchant  at  Green 
Valley,  111. 
Children: 
1_9  Harold  Albert  Banta.    born    June  11,  1900,  at 

Saratoga  Springs.  New  York. 
2_9  Thomas  Clifford  Banta,  born   May  6.  1902,  at 

Green  Valley,  111. 
3_9  Beulah  Schureman  Banta,  born  September  30, 

1904. 
4_9   Kenneth  La  Fayette  Banta,  born  November  29, 

1906. 
5_9  Lyell  Everett  Banta,  born  September  3,  1914,  at 
Green  Valley,  111. 
3_8   MINNIE   MYRTLE  BANTA,  born  December  10, 
1876,  married  Burchard  H.  Champion,  August  23. 
1899.     He    is  a    commercial    salesman,    living  at 
Green  Vallev.  111.     No  children. 
4_8  NELLIE  BLANCHE  BANTA.    born    October  26, 
1879,   at   Oxford.   Nebraska,   married    March    16, 
1896,  Mason  E.  Black.     He  is  in  the  mail  service 
at  Green  Valley. 
Children: 
1_9  Hazel  May  Black,  born  March  5,  1897,  at  Green 

Valley. 
2_9  Bernice  Roxanna  Black,    born    September  24, 
1899. 


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3_9  Loraine  La  Fayette  Black,  born  August  17,  1901 

at  Edwards.  111. 
4_9  Mildred  Nona  Black,  born  December  27,   193. 
5_9   Dorothy  Minnie  Black,    born    May  1,  1906,  at 

Green  Valley. 
6_9   Marion  Van  Nice  Black,  born  February  27,  1909 
7_9  Howard  Mason  Black,  born  June  23,"  1914. 
5_8  AURREL  KATE  BANTA,     born     November  27, 
1881,  at  Phelps  Center,  Nebraska,  is  a  teacher  at 
Port  Chester,  New  York. 
6_8  ALTA   MAY  BANTA,  born  September  14,   1S86 
at  Holdredge.  Nebr..  was  married  December  25, 
1907,  to  Rudolph  Oliver  Schwartz.     He  is  a  clerk 
in  St.  Louis,  where  they  live  at  7134  Old  Manches- 
ter Road. 
Children: 
1_9  Richard  Lee.  born     October  14,  1908,  at  Van 

Buren  Ark. 
2_9   Dorothy  May,  born  June  8,  1911,  at  St.  Louis. 
3_9  Katherine  A.,  born  October  1,  1913.  at  St.  Louis. 
G_7   ANN  ELIZA  VAN  NICE,  born  September  20,  1850. 

died  unmarried  April  30.  1875. 
7_7  SARAH  CATHERINE  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Al- 
bert and  Indiana,  was  born  June  16.  1853,  and  was 
married  to  John  H.  Peck.  December  25.  1876.     He 
was  professor  of  languages  in  Iowa  Wesleyan  Col- 
lege at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa.     He  died  April  21,  18S5. 
and  she  was  again  married  to  L.  E.  Winegar,  April 
5.  1893.     They  lived  in  Frontier  County,  Nebraska. 
until  1910,  when  they  moved    to  Lexington,  Nebr., 
where  they  now  reside.     Thev  are  members  of  the 
M.  E.  Church. 
Children: 
1_8   ARTHUR  VAN  NICE  PECK,  who  died,  aged  two 

years. 
2_8   MARY  ETTA  PECK,  born  1880,  married  Lowell 
Jeffords  of  Kansas  Citv,  in  1900.     She  died  there 
in  1902. 
3_8   STANLEY  E.  PECK,  born  in   1882.  was  married 
November  4,  1908.  to  Lulu  Mabel  Doyle  of  West- 
boro.  Mo.,  daughter  of  Hueh  and  Mary  Doyle.  He 
is  president  of  The  Farmers  State  Bank  at  Eustis, 
Nebraska.,  where  thev  live.     One  daughter, 
1_9   Helen  Etta  Peck,  born  May  26,  1911. 


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8_7  THOMAS  VAN  NICE,  born  April  5,  1857.  married 
Alice  O.  Rhodes  in  1S82,  in  Iowa,  and  went  to  Day- 
ton, Wash.,  in  1S90.    They  still  live  there. 
Children : 
1_8  ELSIE  VAN  NICE  PRATHER,  who  has  two  chil- 
dren. 
2_8  ALBERT  R.  VAN  NICE,  who  is  married  and  lives 

at  Colfax,  Washington.     No  children. 
3_8  ALICE  VAN  NICE  ROBERTS,  who  lives  at  Oak- 
land, California. 
4_8  LUTHER  VAN  NICE,  who  lives  at  Dayton.     Un- 
married. 
5_8  Infant  who  died. 
9_7  EURETTA  VAN  NICE,  born  May  15,  1858,  died  un- 
married, August  26,  1879. 

13 _ 6  WILLIAM  S.  VAN  NICE. 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah  Banta,  was  born  October  16,  1814, 
and  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Elston,  December  6,  1838. 
They  came  to  Iowa  in  1842  and  settled  in  Des  Moines 
County,  near  what  is  now  Mediapolis.  They  purchased  a 
farm,  on  which  they  lived  two  years,  then  returned  to 
Indiana  and  stayed  eight  years,  when  they  again  went 
to  Iowa  to  the  same  farm  they  had  left.  They  had  nine 
children,  most  of  them  born  here,  but  only  three  lived  to 
maturity.  This  farm  is  now  in  possession  of  his  son 
Charles,  who  resides  on  it.  William  and  Elizabeth  Van 
Nice  moved  to  Mediaoolis  in  1883,  where  he  died  August 
26,  1893.     She  died  April  14,  1902. 

Children. 
1_7  LEVI  VAN  NICE,  born  May  24,  1841,  died  June  29, 

1841. 
2_7  PARTHENIA  VAN  NICE,  born  February  15,  1843, 
married  in  1870,  Rev.  A.  S.  Peck,  a  minister  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church.     He  died,  leaving  three  chil- 
dren.    She  lives  in  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 
Children: 
1_8  EDITH   SOPHRONIA   PECK,   who   married    Guv 
Wickliffe  Williamson,  December  29,  1909. 
Children: 

1_9  Alexander  Peck  Williamson. 
2_9  Henry  Van  Nuvs  Williamson. 
3_9  Elizabeth  Williamson. 
2_8  FRANK  PECK. 


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3_7  SOPHRONIA  VAN  NICE,  born  June  1,  1S4G.  mar- 
ried W.  H.  Moorhead,  who  died  in  March,  1914.  She 
lives  in  Mediapolis,  Iowa.     No  children. 
4.  7  HARVEY  VAN  NICE,  born  June  12,  1851,  died  July 

2,  1851. 
5_7   MARY   CATHERINE   VAN  NICE,   born   August  8, 

1853,  died  November  8,  1853. 
6.7  EURETTA  VAN  NICE,  born  July  4,  1855.  died  June 
23,  1857.     She  was  bitten  by  a  rattle  snake.     (One 
of  the  pioneer's  perils). 
7_7  CHARLES  F.  VAN  NICE,  born  September  24.  1858, 
in  Des  Moines  County,  Iowa,  married  December  5, 
1888, Ella  W.Guy,  who  was  born  December  12,  1S67. 
They  live  on  the  original  farm  of  his  father,  whose 
mantle  he  worthily  wears,  in  his  devotion  to  church 
and  community  interests. 
Children : 
1_8  EURETTA   VAN  NICE,   daughter  of  Chas.   and 
Ella  Van  Nice,  was  born  January  18,  1890.  and 
was  married  to  J.  W.  Bailey,  in  February,  1913. 
One  daughter, 
1_9  Elizabeth  Bailey,  was  born    June   1,   1914,    in 
Saskatchewan,   Canada,   where   they   live  on   a 
farm. 
2.8  RUTH  E.  VAN  NICE  was  born  April  14,  1892  and 
was  married  to  Carl  Atherton  in  October,   1913. 
One  son, 
1_9  Stanley   Atherton.   born    October    13,    1914,    in 
Des  Moines  County,  Iowa,  where  they  live  on 
a  farm. 
3_8  WILLIAM  H.  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Charles  F.  and 

Ella,  was  born  March  20,  1895. 
4_8  LUCILLE  VAN  NICE,  born  December  16,  1896. 
5_8  EARL  MAXWELL  VAN  NICE,  born  October   1, 

1898,  died  June  25,  1900. 
6_8   MARGARET  VAN  NICE,  born  Januarv  5.  1902. 
7_8  HOWARD  G.  VAN  NICE,  born  Julv  8,  1907. 
14_6   CATHERINE  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Leah  Banta  Van  Nuys,  was  born 
October  16,  1816,  and  died,  unmarried,  in  1900.  She  lived 
in  Lebanon,  Ind.,    loved    by  a    host  of   relatives,    among 
whom  she  was  familiarly  known  as  "Aunt  Kate." 


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CHAPTER  IX 

PETER  VAN  NICE. 

Peter  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 

DESCENDANTS  of  Isaac  Van  Nuys  and  Flora  Quick. 
in  line  of  their  son  Peter. 

4_5  PETER  VAN  NICE  was  born  November  7,  176G. 
near  Millstone,  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey,  and  went 
to  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  when  a  young  man,  prob- 
ably at  the  time  his  parents  went,  in  1791.  He  was  mar- 
ried March  27,  1792,  to  Deborah  De  Motte,  daughter  of 
Louwrens  (Lawrence)  and  Dorothy  (Van  der  Beek)  De 
Motte,  who  was  born  in  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey, 
also.  The  records  of  the  Neshanic  Dutch  Reformed 
Church  give  the  date  of  her  baptism  as  November  6,  1763. 
She  was  born  October  8.  There  is  record  in  the  Read- 
ington  and  Neshanic  Churches  in  Somerset  County  of  the 
baptism  of  six  other  children  of  Louwrens  and  Dortie 
Van  der  Beek  De  Motte,  all  seven  as  follows:  Diirck  in 
1753;  Laurens  in  1755;  Martha,  1757;  Peter,  1759:  De- 
borah. November  6,  1763;  Abraham,  April  19,  1766;  Jo- 
hannes, July  16,  1769. 

The  Somerset  County.  New  Jersey,  HISTORICAL 
QUARTERLY  gives  the  following  concerning  the  origin 
of  the  De  Motte  family  in  America: 

"Michel  De  Motte,  of  French  Huguenot  descent,  came 
to  America  about  or  before  1665,  when  he  appears  in  the 
records  of  Esopus  (now  Kingston),  New  York.  His  wife 
was  Annettie  Westbrook.  daughter  of  Anthony  Janse 
Westbrook,  of  Albany.  His  sons  were  Anthony,  Johan- 
nes, and  Dirck  (Richard).  Dirck  was  baptized  Septem- 
ber 21,  1684,  and  died  July  14,  1753.    He  married  Styn- 

tie  and  settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  Neshanic, 

New  Jersey.     The  Somerset  County  De  Moites  are  de- 
scended from  this  Dirck". 

When,  about  1680,  David  Des  Marest  (Demaree)  a 
French  Huguenot  from  Holland,  made  a  purchase  of  a 
few  thousand  acres  of  land,  with  the  purpose  of  found- 
ing a  colony  for  French  refugees,  at  Hackensack,  New 
Jersey,  the  De  Mottes  were  among  those  who  joined  the 
Colony,  with  the  idea  of  preserving  the  purity  of  the 
French  language,  and  maintaining  a  church  composed  of 
French  only.  However,  they  were  surrounded  by  Dutch 
colonists,  and  the  Dutch  tongue  finally  prevailed. 


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There  are  still  living  some,  of  her  grand  children,  who 
have  heard  Deborah  Van  Nice  tell  how  she,  a  girl  in  her 
early  teens,  with  other  members  of  the  family  spent 
nights  by  turns  in  their  barn,  near  Millstone,  Somerset 
County,  trying  to  prevent  the  depredations  of  the  British 
troops  who  were  stationed  near  their  home.  The  roster 
of  Revolutionary  soldiers  from  Somerset  County,  con- 
tains names  of  Jacob,  Peter,  and  Lawrence  De  Motte, 
and  this  Lawrence  may  have  been  Deborah  Van  Nuvs's 
father,  but  the  supposition  has  not  been  confirmed.  The 
names  of  Garret.  Jacob,  Peter  and  Tunis  Quick  also  occur 
in  the  list  from  Somerset  County,  and  Henry  Quick  from 
Hunterdon  County,  New  Jersey.  There  was  a  Lawrence 
De  Motte  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  at  a  very  early 
day,  so  Peter  and  Deborah  were  probably  married  there. 
They  remained  there  as  long  as  his  mother  lived,  but  in 
1833  went  with  their  son  Lawrence  to  Hendricks  County. 
Indiana,  where  their  son  Peter  had  located  in  1831,  and 
in  partnership  with  Lawrence  they  bought  government 
land  adjoining  Peter's,  and  lived  there  unci'  the  father's 
death,  May  11,  18  44.  Deborah  Van  Nice  died  Jane  4, 
1855,  in  her  ninety  second  year.  She  was  a  remarkably 
tall  woman,  and.  he  also  being  tali,  they  made  a  couple 
of  striking  appearance.  They  had  nine  children,  three 
of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Other 
Children: 

1_6  DOROTHEA  VAN  NICE 
was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  on  January  8. 
1793,  and  was  married  there  on  October  9,  1809.  to  Cor- 
nelius Canine,  who  was  born  September  8,  1787.  They 
lived  in  Shelby  County.  Kentucky,  until  about  1830.  when 
they  went  to  Montgomery  County,  Indiana.,  and  bought 
a  large  farm  two  miles  east  of  Crawfordsville.  on  which 
they  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives  and  reared  a 
large  familv.  Dorothea  Van  Nice  Canine  died  May  18, 
1865,  and  Cornelius  on  May  17,  18G6. 

Cornelius  Canine  was  a  son  of  Peter  Canine  of  Shelby 
County,  Kentucky,  who  was  born  November  16,  17  52  and 
died  February  2,  1841.  Nothing  definite  concerning  the 
ancestry  of  this  Peter  can  be  given  here,  altho  a  member 
of  the  family  states  that  there  is  extant  a  record  which  in 
connection  with  the  Burgess  family  record  traces  the 
Canine  branch  back  four  hundred  years,  through  Holland 


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to  Finland,  and  to  a  boat  builder  there  by  the  name  of 
Carnine.  This  record  could  not  be  located.  Peter  Canine 
had  one  brother,  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  according 
to  a  record  made  by  E.  N.  Canine,  Superintendent  of  East 
Chicago  Schools,  (a  descendant  of  Ralph  Canine,  son  of 
Peter)  who  furnished  much  of  the  earlier  data  on  which 
these  records  of  Cornelius  and  Richard  Canine's  families 
are  based.  The  brother  of  Peter  was  probably  Andrew 
Carnine.  As  in  other  instances  the  name  is  variously 
spelled,  Canine,  Carnine  and  Cannine.  The  earlier  spell- 
ing seems  to  have  been  Carnine. 

There  seems  little  doubt  that  Peter  (father  of  Cornel- 
ius and  Richard,  who  married  Van  Nices)  is  the  same 
Peter  who  in  the  1780's  was  living  in  the  Conewago 
Settlement  in  York  (now  Adams)  County,  Pennsylvania, 
whose  wife's  name,  as  given  in  the  baptismal  record  of 
some  of  his  children,  was  Christina  Sebrant.  According 
to  this  record  Cornelius  was  baptized  at  Conewago,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1.787.  Peter  Canine  was  three  times  married, 
his  last  wife  being  Hanna  Sebren,  the  name  mentioned  in 
his  will,  evidently  a  sister  of  Christina,  as  she  is  pleasant- 
ly remembered  by  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Markwell  as  "Aunt 
Hanna"  of  her  early  childhood,  altho  "Hanna"  was  the 
third  wife  of  her  great  grandfather.  Hanna  Sebering  (Se- 
brant or  Sebern?)  survived  her  husband  several  years. 
Peter  Canine  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  Army  from 
Somerset  County,  New  Jersey,  in  July,  1776,  and  served 
at  various  times  in  the  four  years  following,  with  rank 
of  Orderly  Sergeant  and  Quartermaster,  under  Captain 
Ver  Bryck  and  Colonel  Quick.  He  must  have  gone  to 
Conewago  immediately  after  his  discharge,  as  his  son, 
Dirck  (Richard)  was  baptized  there  in  1779.  He  prob- 
ably went  to  Kentucky  when  the  Dutch  colony  at  Cone- 
wago dispersed,  between  1790  and  1793.  Collins'  History 
of  Kentucky  gives  a  list  of  the  Revolutionary  soldiers  still 
living  in  that  state  in  1840,  and  Peter  Canine's  name  is 
among  those  from  Shelby  County.  The  judge  of  the 
Shelby  County  Court,  in  noting  record  of  probate  of  his 
will,  which  was  in  February,  1841,  states  that  he  was 
evidently  a  man  "of  much  property  and  many  descend- 
ants", although  the  names  of  his  children  are  not  men- 
tioned in  the  will.     Their  names  were  Richard,  Cornelius, 


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Ralph,  Letitia  Alice  (Van  Nice),  Peter,  John,  Catherine 

(Smock)   and  Ann   (Terhune). 

Children,  of  Cornelius  and  Dorothea  (Van  Heis) 
Canine:  (All  the  Canine  family  spelled  her  name 
Van  Heis.) 

1_7  PETER  VAN  NICE  CANINE,  oldest  son  of  Cornelius 
and  Dorothea  (Van  Nice)  Canine,  was  born  in  Shel- 
by County,  Kentucky,  September  10,  1810.  He  liv- 
ed there  twenty  one  years  then  moved  to  Montgom- 
ery County,  Indiana,  where  on  February  14,  1833, 
he  married  Charity  Ann  Smith*,  born  March  6,  1815; 
a  native  of  Ross  County,  Ohio.  They  lived  on  a  farm 
eight  miles  east  of  Crawfordsville,  until  1852,  when 
they  moved  to  Mahaska  County.  Iowa,  settling-  on  a 
farm  of  180  acres  on  the  Keokuk  and  Des  Moines 
State  Road,  near  Pella.  The  west  line  of  their  farm 
was  the  line  between  Marion  and  Mahaska  counties. 
They  drove  through  from  Indiana  with  two  wagons 
and  one  carriage,  and  brought  eight  cows  with  them. 
Their  daughter  Margaret,  second  child,  drove  the 
carriage.  The  farm  had  a  small  house  on  it — a  one- 
room  frame  with  shed  kitchen.  They  had  eight 
children  at  that  time,  born  in  Indiana,  and  on  No- 
vember 2,  1852,  moved  in  with  the  family  who  were 
living  there.  They  had  four  children,  and  did  not 
get  out  for  four  weeks  after  the  Canines  moved  in. 
A  big  snow  fell  November  6,  and  lay  on  all  winter. 
Peter  Van  Nice  Canine  died  on  this  farm  October 
7,  1878.  Charity  Ann  died  November  24,  1889. 
"Peter  Canine  never  let  business  interfere  with  fishing 

or  hunting,  and  yet  he  was  a  success  in  a  business  way. 

•NOTE: — Charity  Ann  Smith    was  a  daughter    of    Ephraim  and 

Ann  Charity  Smith.  He  was  born  in  New  Jersey  about  1775,  and 
moved  to  Ohio.  Thence,  in  the  prime  of  life  he  went  to  Montgom- 
ery County,  Indiana,  and  bought  land  one  mile  east  of  Crawfords- 
ville. When  they  were  on  the  way  out  to  it  he  died,  near  Indian- 
apolis. His  wife  with  fourteen  children  completed  their  journey 
and  built  a  rail  pen  and  put  their  household  goods  into  it.  She  was 
a  coat  maker,  spun  wool  and  made  coats  for  the  neighbors  and  her 
family.  Neighbors  came  in  and  built  a  log  house  for  her  family, 
she  having  previously  arranged  to  make  a  coat  for  each  one  of  them 
for  their  help.  She  rode  on  horseback  fifty  miles  the  first  winter  to 
Indianapolis  to  get  meal   for  her  family. 


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He  left  considerable  property  for  his  family,  enjoyed  life 
while  he  lived,  never  wore  very  line  clothes,  and  used  his 
Dutch  pipe  regularly.  If  there  was  a  bee  tree  in  the  tim- 
ber he  could  find  it.  He  would  take  some  honey  to  the 
timber  and  watch  for  a  bee  to  get  some  of  it  and  then  fly 
in  a  'bee-line'  to  the  bee  tree,  thus  giving  him  the  right 
course  to  follow  to  find  the  tree.  He  often  went  fishing 
on  horseback,  and  John  K.  Voorhees,  his  oldest  grandson, 
would  sometimes  have  the  pleasure  of  riding  behind  him 
on  his  fishing  trips.  He  frequently  fished  with  a  dip-net 
just  below  the  dams  at  Warren's  Mill  or  Merice's  Mill, 
both  on  Skunk  River.  He  would  carry  the  head-block 
and  net  tied  to  the  horn  of  his  saddle,  also  a  small  ax  or 
hatchet,  and  when  he  reached  the  river  he  would  cut  four 
hickory  spreaders  for  the  net,  a  forked  post  and  a  pole 
twenty  or  thirty  feet  long,  when  he  was  ready  for  busi- 
ness. 

"Everybody  knew  him  for  miles  around  as  'Uncle 
Peter'.  None  ever  stopped  at  his  house  for  a  meal  or  a 
place  to  sleep  that  they  did  not  get  it.". 

They  had  ten  children : 

1_8  MARY  JANE  CANINE,  born  November  22,  1834 
near  Crawfordsville,  Indiana,  married  Aaron 
Wood,  who  was  an  Old  School  Baptist  minister. 
She  died  about  1870. 

2_8  MARGARET  CANINE,  bom  August  28,  1836, 
was  married  near  Pella,  Iowa,  March  16,  1854  to 
John  Voorhees*,  who  was  born  October  2,  1829. 
in  Warren  County,  Ohio,  and  early  in  1854  moved 
to  Mahaska  County,  Iowa,  where  he  bought  the 
farm  on  which  he  lived  until  his  death,  November 
26,  1896.  His  widow  afterward  married  Benj. 
Gardner,  who  died,  and  she  now  lives  with  her 
son  at  Pella,  Iowa,  and  is  almost  blind. 

*NOTE: — John  Voorhees  was  a  son  of  the  John  Voorhees  who 
was  born  at  Harlingen,  New  Jersey,  January  3.  179S,  and  married 
Mary  Rynearson,  February  16,  1820.  They  trace  their  lineage  to 
Stephen  Coerte  Van  Voorhees,  who  came  to  America  in  the  ship 
rtontekoe  in  16fi0.  (See  Vories  lineage  in  the  Terhune  family  for 
origin  of  the  name,  which  is  variously  spelled  by  the  descendants, 
Van  Vooris,  Voris,  Vories,  Voorhees,  Yoorhies).  The  lineage  of 
this  John  is  as  follows,  as  taken  from  the  complete  genealogy  of  the 


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Children: 

1_9  Mary  Jane  Voorhees,  born  January  15,   1855, 

died  June  30,  1856. 
2_9  John  Koert  Voorhees,  born  January  6,  1857, 
married  February  7,  1878,  Algenett  Ryan,  born 
January  5,  1860.  He  is  general  agent  of  the 
Gale  Manufacturing  Co.,  and  lives  at  Cedar 
Falls,  Iowa.  They  have  nine 
Children : 

1_10  Bertha  Charity  Voorhees,  born  February  3, 
1879,  married  November  21,  1900,  Victor  V. 
Speer.     They  live  at  Cedar  Falls,  la. 
1_11   Vernon  Donlan  Speer,  born  December  30, 

1901. 

2_11   John  Millard  Speer,  born  August  8,  1904. 

3_11   Robert  Voorhees  Speer,  born  Maj  5,  1910 

4_11   Richard  Alexander  Speer.  born  July  21, 

1915. 

2_10  Allie  May  Voorhees,  born  August  8,  1880, 

■   died  September  12,  1880. 
3_10  Stella  Margaret  Voorhees.  born  October  1, 
1881,  married  George  F.  McKenncy,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1903.     They  live  at  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
One  son, 
1_11  John  Sawyer  McKennev,  born  August  8. 
1904. 
4_10  John  Ryan  Voorhees,  born  May   16,   1883, 

lives  at  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa. 
5_10   Mary  Voorhees,    born    February   16,   1886, 

died  March  19,  1887. 
6_10  Walter   Koert   Voorhees,   bora    August   25, 
1887,  married  January  25,  1909,  Julia  Phil- 

Voorhees    family,    in    possession    of    his  son  John  K.  Voorhees  at 
Cedar   Falls,    la.: 

Stephen  Coerte  (1),  born  in  1600;  Coerte  Stephenson  (II),  horn 
1037;  Gerrit  Coerte  (III);  Coerte  Gerritis  (IV);  his  son  Gerret  (V), 
12th  child,  born  March  15,  1739,  who  lived  in  Somerset  County, 
New  Jersey.  (E.  H.  Voorhees  at  Garnet,  Kansas,  has  a  pair  of  steel- 
yards made  by  this  Gerrit  when  he  was  only  twenty  one  years  old. 
The  date  is  stamped  on  the  steelyards.)  His  son  Coerte  (VI),  horn 
October  14.  1761;  his  son  John  (VII),  borr  October  2,  1829,  who 
married  Margaret  Canine. 


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pot,  born  October  21,  1887.  Thev  live  at  Ced- 
ar Falls,  la.     One  son, 
1_11   Maynard  Koert,  born  June  9,  1914. 
7_10  Edith  Voorhees,  born  June   13,   1889,  died 

May  28,  1909. 
8_10   George    Voorhees,    born    March  21,   189? 

died  December  17,  1892. 
9_10  Elva    Lorena    Voorhees,    born     March    30 
1896.     She  lives  at  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa. 
3_9  Elbert  Stotoph  Dumont  Voorhees.  bom  January 
25,   1860.  married  Mary  Ellen  Seltzer,  June  7, 
1888.     They    live    in    Omaha,  Nebraska.     No 
children. 
4_9  Lucinda  A.  Voorhees,  born  February  24,  1863 

died  February  7,  1864. 
5_9  Dora  Ellen  Voorhees,  born  November  12.  1865 
married  S.  J.  Kent  and  lived  at  Harlan,  Iowa.' 
They  had  one  child  but  it  died  in  infancy.  Af- 
ter S.  J.  Kent's  death  she  married  John  McCrea. 
They  have  no  children,  and  live  in  Minneapolis, 
Minnesota,  where  he  is  a  carpenter  and  con- 
tractor. 

6_9  Frank  Canine  Voorhees,  born  July  7,  1871.  mar- 
ried on  October  13,  1897,  Nellie  Mvrtle  Croll 
born  at  Pella,  Iowa,  September  3,  1875.  The 
next  year  they  moved  to  Elmwood,  Nebraska, 
where  he  was  a  dealer  in  hardware  and  imple- 
ments until  1905,  when  thev  moved  to  a  farm 
at  Walnut,  Kasas  and  staid  until  the  fall  of 
1915,  when  they  went  back  to  Pella,  Iowa. 

Children: 

1_10   Olive  Marion  Voorhees,  born  at  Pella    la 

July  28,  1898. 
2_10  Edward  Koert,  born  at  Elmwood,  Nebraska, 

May  9,  1900. 
3_10   Mildred    Ellen    Voorhees,   born  September 

30,  1902,  died  at  Walnut,  Kansas,  April  21, 

1914. 

4_10   George  Elbert  Voorhees,   born   at  Walnut 

January   11,   1908. 
5_10   Frank  Croll,  born  February  12,  1911. 
6_10  Doris  Nellie,  born  December  11,  1913. 


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7_9   Melvan  Rynearson  Voorhees,  born  January  8, 
1874,  married  Ora  Gay  Chrisman  of  Knoxville, 
Iowa,    March    4,   1903.     They    live  at  Lincoln. 
Nebr.,  where  he  is  manager  of  the  Rumley  Prod- 
ucts Co.     One  son, 
1_10  James    Melvan    Voorhees,    born    at   Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  January  8,  1904. 
8_9  Fred  Voorhees,  born   March   1,   1876,   married 
Grace  L.   Kimmell   at  Pella,   Iowa,   March   24. 
1898.     She  was  born  November  22,   1876  and 
died  January  15,  1905,  and  he  married  again 
December  25,  1907,  Ellen  E.  Van  Buskirk.  born 
October  23,  1869.     They  live  at  Algona,  Iowa. 
Children : 

1_10  John  Perry  Voorhees,  born  March  5,  1900, 

at  Colfax,  Iowa. 
2_10  Elbert  Lewis  Voorhees,  born  December  14, 
1903. 
3_8   CORNELIUS  CANINE,  son  of  Peter  and  Charity. 
born  December  28,  1839,  married  on  October  25. 
1863,  Margaret  A.  Scott  born  October  14,   1840. 
He   was  a   Civil  War  Veteran,   having  served    in 
Crocker's  Reg.,  Co.,  G.  of  Iowa.     After  the  war  he 
was  for  some  years  a  teacher  in  Pella,  Iowa,  but 
in  later  life  he  conducted  a  fruit  farm  just  out- 
side Des  Moines,  Iowa.     He  was  a  Republican,  and 
they  were  members  of  the  Baptist  church.      He 
died    July    21,    1910.     Margaret  A.  Canine  died 
December  23,  1913. 
Children: 

1_9   Chester  William  Canine,  born  August  21,  1864. 
He  married  and  lives  at  South  Norwood,  Cin- 
cinnati.    No  children. 
2_9   Alice  I.  Canine  was  born  September  13,  1867, 
at  Pella,  Iowa,  and  was  married  to  J.  S.  Irish, 
October  2,  1890.  They  live  at  924  Laurel  Street, 
Des  Moines.     One  son, 
1_10  Eugene  S.  Irish,  born  June  8.  1895. 
4_8  LUCINDA  CANINE,  born  in  Montgomery  Coun- 
ty, Indiana,    January   1,   1841,    married    Thomas 
Caldwell.  She  was  his  second  wife,  and  died  about 
1890. 


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Children : 

1_9   Charles  Caldwell,    who    married    and  has  two 

children.    They  live  on  a  farm  near  Harlan,  la. 
2_9  John  Caldwell,  who  married  but  has  no  chil- 
dren..    Lived  on  a  farm  in  Boyd  County,  Ne- 
braska, when  last  heard  from. 
3_9  Edward  Caldwell,  married.     No  children.  Live 

in  Nebraska. 
.8  ENOCH  S.  CANINE,  son  of  Peter  V.  and  Charity 
Ann,  was  born  October  6,  1843,  in  Montgomery 
County,  Indiana,  and  was  married  February  16. 
1870,  to  Martha  E.  Pierce,  born  March  30,  1S46 
(?).  He  was  a  farmer  at  Harlan,  Iowa.  He  died 
November  26,  1900,  at  Harlan.  She  died  March 
14,  1891. 
Children : 

1_9  William  Peter  Canine,  born  December  11,  1870, 
married  July  12,  1899,  at  Wick,  Iowa,  to  Ella 
M.  Lee,  born  September  11,  1872,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Wentworth  and  Sarah  Wheeler  Lee. 
William  Peter  was  a  Baptist  minister  and  serv- 
ed charges  at  New  Hampton  and  Tama,  Iowa. 
Jamestown,  North  Dakota,  and  St.  Paul,  Minn- 
esota. He  died  at  St.  Paul.  August  14,  1915. 
where  his  widow  still  resides  with  her  three 
Children: 

1_10  Paul  Lee  Canine,    born    June    23,  1900,    at 
New  Hampton, la.,  died   December  22,   190  4 
at  Tama,  Iowa. 
2_10  Ralph  Wm.  Canine,  born  June  8,   1902  at 

New  Hampton,  Iowa. 
3_10  Frank  Gordon  Canine,  born  August  1,  1906, 
at  Tama,  Iowa. 
2  and  3_9  Twin  sons  born  at  Harlan,  Iowa,  January 

11,  1874,  died  January  17,  1874. 
4_9  Frank  S.  Canine,  born  May  28,  1876,  at  Harlan, 
died  unmarried  March  7,  1897.  He  was  a  farm- 
er. 
5_9  lone  I.  Canine,  born  May  2,  1878,  is  unmarried. 

a  graduate  nurse  at  Cedar  Falls.  Iowa. 
6_9  Harriet  Canine,  born  April  II,  1882,  died  April 

26,  1882. 
7-9  Fred  C.  Canine,  born  August  20,  1885,  at  Har- 


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Ian.     He  is  a  traveling  salesman  for  Standard 
Varnish  Works  at  Chicago,  his  headquarters 
6_8  JOHN  WESLEY  CANINE,  born  October  22,  1846 
died  unmarried  June  6,  1867.     Spinal  Meningitis 
in  childhood  left  him  deaf,  and  he  was  drowned 
at  Iowa  City  three  days  before  he  was  to  gradu- 
ate in  the  school  for  the  deaf  there. 
7_8  CHARITY  ANN  CANINE,  born  March  9,   1849, 
near  Crawforsville,  Ind.,  married  March  5.  1874 
Austin  W.  Winder.     They  live  at  167  North  Ivy 
Street,  Monrovia,  California,  where  he  has  a  fruit 
farm.     They  are  Baptists. 
8^8  WILLIAM  CANINE,  born  October  27,  1851,  died 

in  September,  1854. 
9_8  HARVEY  C.  CANINE,  born  July  15,  1854,  in 
Mahaska  County,  Iowa,  married  September  19, 
1878,  Sarah  Jane  Miller,  daughter  of  Wm.  Woods 
and  Eleanor  Bryson  Miller.  Thev  settled  in  War- 
ren County,  Iowa,  near  Norwalk,  in  1892,  and  still 
live  there  on  a  farm.  Members  of  the  M.  E.  church. 
Children: 

1_9  Nora  Eleanor  Canine,  who  is  a  stenographer  in 
the  office  of  "Wallace's  Farmer",  at  Des  Moines. 
2_9   William    Vannice    Canine,    who   married    Essie 
Bitting,  in  February,  1911.     She  is  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  Bitting  of  Indianola,  near  which  place 
they  live.     One  son, 
1-10   Clarence  Elmer  Canine. 
3_9  Seth  Miller  Canine,  who  married  in  February, 
1916,  Clara  Beagle,  daughter  of  John  Beagle 
of  Osfealoosa.     They  live  near  Norwalk,  Iowa. 
4_9  Elvan  Fletcher  Canine. 
5_9  Esther  Cleah  Canine. 
6_9   Charitv  Beulah   Canine. 
10_8  SYLVESTER    CANINE,    son    of    Peter    V.    and 
Charity  Ann,  was  born  February   14,   1857,  and 
married  Ida  Burgraff.     Thev  are  members  of  the 
M.  E.  Church  at  De  Soto,  Iowa. 
Children: 
1_9  Luella  Canine,    who    married    Edwin  Cartv,  a 

mail  carrier  at  De  Soto.     They  have  three 
Children: 

1-10   Merwin  Carty,  Theron  and  an  infant. 


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2_9   Andrew  J.  Canine,  who  married  Mary  Martin. 
and    has    two    children.    Thelma    and    George 
Canine.     He  is  in  a  tile  factory  at  DeSoto. 
3_9  John  Canine. 

4_9   Charles  Van  Nice  Canine,  who  married   Mary 
Griffin.    He  is  a  book  keeper  in  Texas.  One  son, 
1_10  Preston  Canine. 
5_9  James  E.  Canine,  who  married  Elizabeth  Bro- 
vack.     He  is  a    book  keeper   in    New    Orleans, 
Louisiana.     One  son, 
1_10   Chester  Canine,  Jr. 
6_9   Chester  S.  Canine,  who  died  March  23,  1912.  He 
was  married  to  Mary  Robinson  Carter. 
2_7  SAMUEL  CANINE,  born  January  18,  1813,  son  of 

Cornelius  and  Dorothea,  died  July  1,  1814. 
3_7  JOHN    CANINE,    born    January  26,   1815,  died  in 
Boone  County,  Indiana.  Four 
Children: 
1_8   CHANCELLOR     CANINE,     who     married     Olive 
Cross.    They  live  at  Thomtown,  Indiana,  and  have 
one  son, 
1_9  Lawrence  Canine,  born  in  1894. 

Chancellor    Canine    has    the    family    Bible    of 

Cornelius  and  Dorothea. 

2_8  ALBERT  CANINE,   who  married  for  his  second 

wife,  Almeda  Horner  in  1888.     He  died  in  May, 

1908,  leaving  two  children.     His  widow  lives  in 

Thorntown. 

1_9  Ethel     Canine,    born     in     1890,    married 

Hawkins. 
2_9   Herbert  Canine,  born  in  1893. 
3_8   CYNTHIA  CANINE,  who  married  John  Bowman. 
He  died  about  1885.     One  daughter, 

1_9  Ella  Bowman,  who  married  Cline.     They 

live  at  Lebanon,  Indiana. 
4_8  CRANDALL  CANINE,  who  lives  at  Thorntown. 
4_7  MARTHA  CANINE,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and 
Dorothea  (Van  Nice)  Canine,  was  born  in  Shelby 
County,  Kentucky,  April  12,  1817,  and  married 
David  McCafferty.  They  lived  near  Crawfordsville, 
Indiana,  and  Gridlev,  Illinois.  She  died  April  5, 
1872.     He  died  in  1883. 


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Children : 
1.8  SARAH  ELLEN  McCAFFERTY,  born  January  15, 
1840,  married  Asa  Skinner,  son  of  Mark  and  Mar- 
tha Skinner,  and  moved  to  Portland,  Oregon.  She 
died  October  22,  1914. 
Children: 
1_9  John  Skinner,  who  is  unmarried   and  lives  in 

Oregon. 
2_9  Lynnford  Skinner,  who  never  married  and  lives 

in  Oregon. 
3_9  Ida  Skinner,  who  is  married  and  has  four  chil- 
dren.    They  live  in  Toledo,  Oregon. 
4_9  Hall  Skinner,  single. 
5_9   Daisy  Skinner,  single. 
2_8  JAMES   McCAFFERTY,   who  is  unmarried,   and 

lives  at  Coronado  Beach,  California. 
3_8  WILLIAM  McCAFFERTY,  who  lived  in  Mexico, 

and  died  unmarried  at  El  Paso,  Illinois,  in  1914. 
4.8  MELISSA    McCAFFERTY.     who    married    first, 
Cook  Housman  and  second,  John  Gasperson.  They 
live  at  Jasper,  Missouri. 
Children,  of  first  marriage: 
1_9  Louella  Housman,  deceased. 
By  second  marriage: 

2_9  Evelvn   Gasperson.  who  married  Merle  North. 
5_8  RICHARD  McCAFFERTY,  who  was  born  in  1834 
and  who  died  unmarried  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
April  12,  1870.     He  lived  at  Walla  Walla,  Wash- 
ington. 
6_8  ANNE  TROTTER   McCAFFERTY.   who   married 
John  Hitch,  and  lives  at  El  Paso,  Woodford  Coun- 
ty, Illinois.     Four 
Children: 

1_9  Elsie  Hitch,  born  at  El  Paso,  Illinois,  married 
Dr.  William  Carver.     They  have  six  children. 
1_10  Paul  Carver,  and  Curtis.  Williard,  Alta,  and 
Annie  living,  and  Frederic,  dead. 
2_9  Edwin  Hitch,  married  Jennie  McKenney.  They 

live  near  El  Paso,  where  he  is  a  farmer. 
Children: 

1_10  Evelyn  Hitch,  aged  four  years. 
2_10  Ruth  Hitch,  aged  three  years. 
3_9  Elmer  Hitch,  married  Ada  Mann.  One  son, 


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1_10  John  Willis  Hitch. 
4_9  Alfred  Hitch,  who  is  single  and  lives  at  El  Paso. 
7_8  JOHN  McCAFFERTY,  born  May  16,  1842,  mar- 
ried  December    25,    1870,     Margaret    Schneider. 
They  lived  at  Kokomo,   Indiana,   where   he  died 
September    24,    1915.     His    widow     still    resides 
there. 
Children  : 

1_9   Carrie  A.  McCAFFERTY,  bom  September  28, 
1871,  married  first,  Wesley  Lock.  No  children. 
She  married  second,  Omer  North.     They  live  at 
El  Paso,  Illinois,  and  have  one  son, 
1_10   Mac  O.  North. 
2_9   Mary   Josephine    McCafferty,   born    October   9, 
1873,  married  Allen  Grove,  who  died  in  Jan- 
uary,   1914.     She    lives    at  Kokomo,  with  her 
parents. 
Children : 

1_10  Mona  Minette  Grove,  died  in  infancy. 
2_10  Dimo  Grove  died  in  early  life. 
3_10  Carl  Grove,  born  in  1905,  died  in  1913. 
4_10  Don  Grove,  born  in  1908. 
5_10  Helen  Grove,  born  in  1911,  died  in  191 3. 
3_9  Albert  McCafferty,  born  June  24,  1878,  married 
in  May,   1907,     Marion   Davis.     They     live  at 
Miami,  Indiana,  where  he  is  a  farmer. 
1_10   Marguerite  McCafferty,  born  in  1908. 
2_10  Kathryn  McCafferty,  born  in   1911. 
4_9  Florence  E.  McCafferty,  born  Julv  30,  1880,  wsa 
married  on   May   18,   1905,  to  Carl  I.   McRev- 
nolds.     They  reside  at  Kokomo,  Indiana,  where 
he  is  in  the  real  estate  business. 
Children : 

1-10  John  Samuel  McReynolds,  born  August  12, 

1907. 
2_10  Vivian  E.  McReynolds,  born  March  9,  1910. 
8_8   MARY  E.  McCAFFERTY,  died  young. 
5.7  SARAH  ANN  CANINE,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and 
Dorothea   (Van  Nice)   Canine,  was  born  August  10, 
1820,  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  and  was  married 
in  Montgomery  County,  Indiana,  February  18,  1836, 
to  William  Baker  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Ross  Coun- 
ty, Ohio,  December  1,   1816.     This  worthy  couple, 


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married  so  young,  lived  together  happily  for  over 
sixty  years.    She  died  June  2,  1896.    He  survived  his 
wife  nine  years,  dying  October  28,  1905.     He  was  a 
stanch    Democrat    and    a    loyal    Baptist.     In    1845, 
they  moved  to  Howard  County,  Indiana,  near  Koko- 
mo,  where  they  endured  the  privations  and   hard- 
ships incident  to  early  pioneer  life,  and  had  a  full 
share  in  the  development  of  that  county.     They  saw 
Kokomo  grow  from  two  log  cabins,  and  two  white 
families,  to  a  thriving  city  of  27,000  inhabitants.  At 
date  of  his  death  he  had  thirty-one  grand  children 
and  twenty-one  great  grandchildren. 
Children: 
1_8   MARY  ELLEN  SMITH,  born  December  16,  1836, 
in    Montgomery    County,    Indiana,    was  married 
March  31,  1859,  to  Robert  McCelland,  who  was 
born  in  Hendricks  County,  February  16,  1834,  and 
died  at  Kokomo,  Indiana,  December  29,  1915.  She 
died  February  6,  1864,  in  Kokomo.     They  resided 
on  a  farm  three  miles  west  of  the  city. 
Children : 

1_9   Margaret  A.  McCelland,  born  January  31,  1860, 
at  Kokomo,  was  married  to  Cadius  N.  Hobson, 
October  12,  1882.     They  live  on  a  farm  west  of 
Kokomo. 
Children : 

1_10  Ross   Eugene   Hobson,     born   February    13, 

1885. 
2_10  Sheral  Donald  Hobson,  born  December  25, 

1886,  was  married  to  Emily  Mummert. 
3_10  Lloyd    DeWitt    Hobson,    born    August    12, 

1888,  was  married  to  Elsie  Bulk. 
4_10  William   Norwood    Hobson,   born   February 
6,  1890,  married  Mary  Lawrence. 
2_9  Edward    Addison    McCelland,    born    December 
31,  1861,  died  unmarried  August  6,  1899. 
2.8   CORNELIUS  C.  SMITH   was  born  September  7. 
1838,  on  Black  Creek,    west    of    Crawfordsville. 
Indiana,   and    went   with   his   parents  to   Howard 
County,  in  1845.     He  knew  David  Foster,  founder 
of  Kokomo  and  Indian  trader,  and  knew  also  Chief 
Kokomo  for  whom  the  town  was  named.    He  mar- 
ried Georgia  Kellar,  who  died  August  20,   1869, 


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and  he  afterward  married  Mary  E.  Thompson. 
who  died  June  28,  190G.  He  was  a  farmer,  but 
retired  and  resided  in  Kokomo  the  later  years  of 
his  life.  He  had  been  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order  for  fifty  years  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  June  25,  1915. 
Children,  by  first  marriage: 
1_9   Alonzo  Smith,  married    Allie    McCelland    and 

lives  north  east  of  Kokomo  on  a  farm. 
Children: 

1.10  Edith  Smith,  Homer  Smith,  Rosella  Smtih. 
2_9   Minnie  Smith,  died  in  infancy. 
3_9   Henry  Lewis  Smith,    married    Sallie    Spencer. 
They  reside  at  Kokomo,  Indiana,  where  he  is  a 
brick  mason. 
Children: 

1_10  Audria  Smith,  Altha  Smith. 
4_9  Georgia  Smith,  died  in  infancy. 
5_9  Walter  Smith,  died  in  infancy. 
Children,  by  second  marriage: 

6_9  Emma  Smith,  born  October  15,   1872,  married 
Walter  H.  Thompson.  They  have  one  daughter, 
1_10  Alma  Thompson. 
7_9  Sadie  Smith,  who  married  Sylvester  Bell,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1902.    They  live  west  of  Kokomo,  on  a 
farm. 
Children: 

1_10  Nancy  Alta  Bell,  born  November  4,  1903. 
2_10  Frank  Elmer  Bell,  born  October  2.  1905. 
3_10  Alice  Maria  Bell,  born  Mav  26,  1907. 
4_10  Ruth  Arline  Bell,  bom  March  11,  1909. 
8_9  Julia   Smith,   who   married   Ernest  Tarkington, 
September  19,  1905.     They  live  west  of  Koko- 
mo, on  a  farm.    He  is  a  second  cousin  of  Booth 
Tarkington. 
Children: 

1_10  Enid  Tarkington,  born  June  21,  1906. 
2_10   Mildred  Tarkington,  born  August  23,  1907. 
3_10  Earl  Tarkington,  born  September  4,  1908. 
4_10  Ralph  Tarkington,  born  November  29,  1910. 
9_9  Edwin  Smith,  died  in  infancy. 
.8  CHARITY  SMITH,  born  October  1,  1841,  married 
at  Kokomo,   Indiana,   David   Fawcett,   April    11, 


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1860.    She  lives  at  211  South  McCann  Street,  Ko- 
komo,  Indiana. 
Children  : 

1_9  Albert  Fawcett,  married  Ida  Gullian. 
Children : 

1_10   Merel  Faweett,  Glenn  Fawcett. 
2_9  William  Fawcett.  married  Etta  Miller,  April  10, 

1890.     They  reside  five  miles  east  of  Kokomo. 
Children : 

1_10   Clarence  Fawcett,  born  January   15,   1892, 

is  married  to  Dorothy  Colescott. 
2_10  Theresa  Mabel  Fawcett,  born  December  21. 
1893,  married  to  John  Colescott,  brother  of 
Dorothy. 
3_10   Ravmond  Fawcett. 
4.10  Thelma  Fawcett. 
5_10   Catharine  Fawcett. 
3_9  Charles  Fawcett,   married     Alice     Gennebeck, 

April  5,  1899. 
Children : 

1_10  Edna  Lucinda  Fawcett,  born  November   1, 

1908. 
2_10  Ralph    Owen   Fawcett,   born   September   8, 

1910. 
3_10  David  Fawcett,  born  May  24,  1914. 
4_9  Frank  Fawcett    was  married    to  Emma  Perry, 

June  11,  1902.     They  live  at  Kokomo. 
Children: 

1_10   Harry  Ross  Fawcett,  born  January  9,  1904. 
2_10   Mary  Frances  Fawcett,  born  November  3, 
1905. 
5_9  John  Pike  Fawcett  was  married  to  Alta  Stout, 
January  14,  1902.    They  live  three  miles  east  of 
Kokomo. 
1_10   Daughter  died  in  infancy. 
2_10   Adopted   daughter,   Arnetta   Fawcett,   born 
April  21,  1905. 
6_9   Nellie  Fawcett.  born  October  1.  1879,  married 
Jacob  Young,  Mav  1,  1907.     They  reside  with 
Aunt  Charity,  at  211  South  McCann  Street,  Ko- 
komo, Indiana.     No  children. 
4_8   MILTON    SMITH,    born    July    3,    1843,  died  in 
infancy. 


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5_8  RICHARD  HAMILTON  SMITH  was  born  near 
Kokomo,  Indiana.  February  10,  1846,  and  was 
married  on  November  14,  1867,  at  Galveston, 
Indiana,  to  Miranda  Adaline  Freeman,  who  was 
born  in  Carroll  County,  Indiana,  May  3,  1848.  He 
is  a  physician  at  Kokomo,  where  they  live  at  511 
West  Sycamore  Street.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 
Children  : 
1_9   May  Lillian  Smith,  born  September  15,    186S, 

at  Kokomo. 
2_9  Byron  King  Smith,  born  December  8,  1872,  at 
Kokomo.  died  unmarried  September   11,   1903. 
3_9   Mary  Pearl  Smith,  born  February  10,  1875,  at 

Kokomo. 
4_9   Raymond  Freeman  Smith,  born  at  Ladoga,  In- 
diana, June  2.  1877,  died  unmarried  at  Kokomo. 
Indiana,  April  6,  1905. 
5-9  Fred  Lamb  Smith,  born  November  28.  1879  at 
Kokomo,    married    at    Fort    Wayne,    Indiana. 
March   10.  1910  to  Mary  Moriarty  of  Marion, 
Indiana.     They  reside  in  Fort  Wayne. 
6_9  Anna  Gussie  Smith,  born  January  10,  1881,  at 

Kokomo,  died  February  8,   1889. 
7_9  William    Carleton    Smith,    born    February    1-i, 
1884,  was  married  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  June  6, 
1911,  to  Cordelia  Killander  of  Van  Buren,  In- 
diana.    Thev  reside  in  Indianapolis. 
6_8  ISAAC    VAN    NICE    SMITH,    born    in    Howard 
County,  Indiana,  September  27,  1849,  was  married 
to  Frances  Anna  Denison  of  Mount  Carmel,  Indi- 
ana, October  23,  1873.     They  now  reside  at  Ko- 
komo.    He  owns  the  new  Melfalfa  Park  lake  and 
bathing  beach  at  Kokomo. 
Children: 

1_9  Earl  Denison  Smith,  born  in  Kokomo,  Indiana. 
January  8,    1875,  married  to   Georgia   Ellis  of 
Peru,  Indiana.  They  now  reside  in  Delphi,  In- 
diana. 
2_9  Elsie  Anna  Smith,  born  August  13,  1876,  in  Ko- 
komo, was  married  in  Logansport,  June  5,  1908, 
to  J.  Rollin  Doan.     Thev  now  reside  in  Kokomo. 
7_8  DORINDA  JANE  SMITH,  born  October  10,  1851, 
deceased. 


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8_8  WILLIAM  C.  SMITH,  was  born  April  17,  1857, 
and  married  January  1,  18S3,  Julia  A.  Gwin,  who 
was  born  March  25,  1860.  For  twenty  five  years 
he  practiced  law  in  Delphi.  Indiana,  but  for  sev- 
eral years  past  he  has  given  his  chief  attention  to 
scientific  farming.  He  is  the  author  of  a  number 
of  books,  among  which  are  "The  Rook  of  Vetch" 
and  "The  Business  of  Farming",  He  is  at  present 
mayor  of  Delphi,  Indiana. 
Children : 

1_9  Ada  J.  Smith,  born  December  21,  1883,  married 
Arthur  Dern  at  Delphi.     They  live  at  Winnemuc- 
ca,  Nevada. 
Children : 

1_10  Katherine  Dern,  Josephine  Dern. 
2_9  Bessie  Kate  Smith,  born  Januarv  9,  1885,  died 

June  28,  1885. 
3_9   Howard  Carroll  Smith,  born  Januarv  9,  1885. 
4_9   Dorothy  M.  Smith,  born  April  16,  1887,  married 
Forrest  Orr.     They  live  in  Delphi  and  have  one 
son, 
1_10  Forrest  Orr,  Jr. 
5_9  Edna  J.  Smith,  born  January  27,  1889. 
6_9   Gwin  Smith,  born  Februarv  6,  1895. 
7_9   William  Baker  Smith,  born  March  20,  1901. 
6_7  ISAAC  VAN  NICE  CANINE,  fourth  son  of  Cornel- 
ius and  Dorothea    (Van  Nuys)   Canine,  was  born  in 
Shelby  County,    Kentucky,    May  8,  1822,    and    was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  Montgomery-  Countv  In- 
diana, in  1829  or  1830,  when  Crawfordsville  was  a 
mere  village.     Here  he  remained  until  1848,  when 
he  determined  to  go  to  a  newer  locality  where  land 
could  be  entered  from  the  government,  and  accord- 
ingly he  went  to  Cass  County,  Indiana,  and  settled 
near  Galveston,  where  he  hewed  out  a  large  farm 
of  400  acres,  and  made  it  blossom  as  the  rose.     He 
was  prominent    in   politics,    a   Democrat,  and   held 
some  offices,  and  also  in  the  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  lodge. 
He  was    a  thirty  third    degree    Mason.     He  and  his 
family  were  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  and  by 
his  efforts  three   cuhcrhes   were   established.      Sep- 
tember   4,   1850.    he  was    married    to   Mary  Crissy 
Graves,  born  in  Decatur  County,  Indiana,  Januarv  4, 


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1827,  and  four  children  were  born  to  them,  two  of 
whom  died  in  infancy.  All  his  children  and  grand 
children  attained  a  high  grade  of  citizenship. 
Isaac  Canine  died  April  9,  1887,  and  his  widow  died 
in  1889. 
Children : 
1.8  JOSEPH  C.  CANINE,  born  July  25,  1851,  died  in 

infancy. 
2_8  SARAH    E.    CANINE,  born  September  17,  1852, 
married  Alvin  H.  Thomas  in  1869.     She  lives  in 
Galveston,  Indiana,  where  he  died. 
Children : 
1_9  John  Omer  Thomas,  who  is    in  the    insurance 

business  in  Tipton,  Indiana. 
2_9  Cora   J.   Thomas,    who   married   Rev.   Johnson, 
who  is  pastor  of  an  M.  E.  Church  at  Muncie, 
Indiana. 
3_9   Charles  Everett  Thomas,  who  is  a  physician  of 
Leesburgh,  Indiana.     No  record  of  the  families 
of  either  of  these  three. 
4_9   Mary  Audra  Thomas,  who  lives  in  Galveston, 
with  her  mother,  a  musician  of  high  attainment. 
3_8  JAMES  W.  CANINE,  born  November  9,  1855,  in 
Cass  County,  Indiana,  entered  college  and  receiv- 
ed his  L.  L.  B.  degree  from  the  Iowa  State  Univer- 
sity, and  practiced  law  for  a  time,  but  finally  gave 
up   practice  to   attend   to   business  interests.      In 
1902  he  located  in  Luddington,  Michigan,  for  the 
purpose  of  dealing  in  farm  lands,  and  is  now  a 
practical  farmer.     He  was  married  to  Acldie  A. 
Vail  April  11,  1883.     Two 
Children: 

1-9  Willard  Vail  Canine,  born  November  1,   1884. 
He  lives  in   Luddington,   and   is  a   member  of 
I.  O.  O.  F.  and  K.  P.  lodges.     He  is  unmarried. 
2_9  Hazel  Canine,  born  January  6,   1892,  married 
Edward  W.  Terry,  December  6,  1914.     She  is 
a  musician  of  merit. 
4_8   DOROTHEA   J.   CANINE,    born     May  24,   1858, 
died  in  infancy. 
7_7  RICHARD  CANINE,  born  April  29,  1825,  died  Oc- 
tober 12,  1845. 


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8J7   MARY  JANE  CANINE,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and 
Dorothea,  born  December  25.  1827,  married  Charles 
G.  Corr,  who  was  born  in  1822,  and  died  August  17, 
1908. 
Children : 
1_8  ISAAC  NEWTON  CORR.  born  in   1855,  died  in 

1903,  at  Pueblo,   Colorado.      His    wife  Sarah  E. 
Corr,  died  in  1912.     No  children. 

2_8  EDWIN  CORR,  born  in  1860,  married  in  1895, 
Kate  Mobley,  born  in  1863.  He  is  an  able  attorn- 
ey in  Bloomington,  Indiana.  He  has  served  two 
terms  as  representative  in  the  State  legislature  and 
one  as  senator,  and  has  been  deputy  Attorney 
General  for  the  state,  and  Dep.  U.  S.  district  at- 
torney. 

Children: 

1_9  Edwin  Gilbert  Corr,  born  in  1896. 

2_9   Mary  Louise  Corr,  born  in  1901. 
3_8  HENRY  CORR.  born  in   1862,  married  in   1893, 
Anna  Accuff.     They  live  in  Bloomington,  Indiana. 

Children: 

1_9  Edna  Corr,  born  in  1894. 

2_9   Opal  Corr,  born  in  1897. 
4_8  ELLA  CORR,  born  October  1,  1868,  was  married 
September  14,  1898,  to  William  A.  Service,  born 
September  30,  1866.     They  live  in  Greenfield,  In- 
diana. 

Children: 

1_9  William  Corr  Service,  born  November  30,  1901. 

2_9   Mary  Helen  Service,  born  July  10,  1905. 
5_8  LILLIAN  CORR.    born  in   1875,    was  married  in 

1904,  to  James  Rogers,  born  in  1871. 

9_7  MINERVA  ELLEN  CANINE,  daughter  of  Cornelius 
and  Dorothea  Canine,  was  born  March  21,  1835  and 
married  John  E.  Smith,  a  nephew  of  Wm.  B.  Smith, 
who  was  born  November  25,  1827,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 9,  1911.  Minerva  Ellen  died  December  20,  1914. 
They  lived  near  Kokomo,  Indiana. 
Children  : 

1-8  ANNA  E.  SMITH,  who  married  Joseph  E.  Jessup. 
deceased. 

2_8   ALICE  SMITH,  who  married  W.  M.  Lightfoot. 

3_8   MAY  SMITH,  who  married  Daniel  A.  Smith. 


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4_8  HENRY  SMITH,  who  married  Minnie  E.  Lewis. 

5_8  NEWTON  A.  SMITH,  who  married  Maud  Benson. 

6_8   FRANK  SMITH.     No  record  of  the  families  of  the 
foregoing  have  been  received. 

2_6  PETER  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Peter  and  Deborah,  died  in  infancy. 

3_6  ISAAC  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Peter  and  Deborah,  was  born  in  Mercer  County, 
Kentucky,  January  8,  1797,  and  married  Ellen  Verbrike 
(Ver  Bryck)  born  January  27,  1792.  They  lived  on  a 
farm  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana,  near  Hopewell  Pres- 
byterian Church,  of  which  thev  were  charter  members. 
He  died  July  S,  1873.  She  died  January  24,  1877.  They 
had  no  children  but  brought  up  two  whom  they  adopted. 

4_6  PETER  C.  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Peter  and  Deborah  De  Mott  Van  Nice,  was  born 
in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  July  17,1801,  and  was  mar- 
ried February  14,  1828,  to  Sarah  Ann  Watts  Smith,  who 
was  born  in  Garrard  County,  Kentucky,  December  11. 
1809.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Zechariah  and  Agatha 
(Dicken)  Smith,  and  was  one  of  ten  children.  Zecha- 
riah Smith  died  in  Hendricks  County,  Indiana,  in  1844. 
but  Agatha,  his  widow,  lived  until  1874,  and  passed  away 
at  the  age  of  ninety  four  years,  having  kept  house  for 
her  bachelor  son,  Simeon,  up  to  the  week  of  her  death — 
a  woman  of  remarkable  vitality  and  intellectual  vigor. 

For  two  or  three  years  after  his  marriage,  Peter  C.  Van 
Nice  was  overseer  of  slaves  on  the  farm  of  H.  Cowan  in 
Lincoln  County.  Kentucky,  not  far  from  Danville,  but  this 
work  was  not  at  all  to  his  liking,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1831,  the  year  after  the  completion  of  che  Cumberland 
National  Road  through  Hendricks  County,  he  went  to 
Indiana  and  entered  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  gov- 
ernment land  in  Marion  township,  in  that  county.  In  the 
fall  of  1831,  with  a  five-horse  team,  he  and  family,  with 
his  wife's  people,  moved  out  to  it,  and  his  father  in  law 
located  just  east  of  his  land.  Except  for  one  year  spent 
in  Danville,  Indiana,  Peter  and  Sarah  A.  Van  Nice  lived 
continuously  on  the  farm  which  he  then  entered,  and 
which  he  afterward  increased  to  240  acres.  They  en- 
countered years  of  pi'ivation  and  hard  work  in  the  rear- 
ing of  their  large  family,  but  in  those  days  each  child 
contributed  his  share  of  the  work  as  well  as  of  the  burd- 


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en,  genuine  friendships  and  pleasures  thrived,  and  the 
prime  of  life  brought  the  comfort  and  content  of  abund- 
ance and  ease. 

Their  first  home  in  this  new  region,  a  cabin  in  the 
woods,  did  not  need  any  windows  for  light  or  ventilation, 
according  to  their  own  testimony.  "He  succeeded  during 
the  first  winter  in  felling  the  trees  from  an  acre  of  ground, 
and  when  he  was  called  from  home  to  help  his  neighbors 
in  their  'log-rollings',  his  wife  kept  up  the  fires  in  the 
log  heaps.  Their  first  corn  crop  was  bitten  by  frost  in  the 
fall,  which  damaged  the  grain  for  bread  purposes  to 
such  an  extent  that,  bake  as  best  they  could,  the  center 
of  Sir  Johnny  Cake  would  remain  raw." 

Hendricks  County  saw  its  first  settler  in  1820,  and  had 
not  been  organized  until  1824,  and  New  Winchester  not 
until  1832,  the  year  after  Peter  Van  Nice  went  there,  so 
neighbors  were  few  and  far  between.  Altho  provision 
had  been  made  for  the  removal  of  the  Indians  farther 
west  to  the  reservations,  not  all  of  them  had  then  gone. 

The  following  description  of  an  ordinary  winter's  even- 
ing among  these  very  early  settlers,  taken  from  a  history 
of  Hendricks  County,  gives  a  picture  difficult  to  be  com- 
prehended by  the  children  among  their  descendants  of 
today : 

"In  the  winter  evenings  after  it  was  too  dark  to  work 
in  the  clearing,  in  the  single  room  of  the  cabin — which 
answered  very  well  for  kitchen,  diningroom,  bedroom  and 
parlor — sat  the  family,  before  a  huge  blazing  fire  of  hick- 
ory wood,  which,  keeping  up  a  continuous  fusillade,  scat- 
tered live  coals  all  over  the  room,  with  no  danger  to  car- 
pet, however.  Near  one  jamb  of  the  fireplace  could  be 
seen  the  large  three-legged  oven  with  a  pile  of  live  coals 
under  it,  and  in  it  a  pone  of  corn  bread  baking  for  next 
day's  dinner.  Before  the  fire  stood  the  Johnny-cake 
board,  leaning  against  the  sad-iron,  and  on  it  was  baking 
the  delicious  Johnny  for  the  coming  supper.  In  one  of 
the  jambs  was  fastened  the  pot-rack,  and  upon  its  tram- 
mel hung  a  pot  of  pounded  hominy  boiling  for  future  use. 

The  daughters  were  preparing  the  frugal  supper,  the 
mother  spinning  flax  on  the  little  wheel,  the  father  mak- 
ing or  mending  moccasins,  the  sons  making  hickory 
brooms  or  pounding  hominy  in  a  mortar  burned  into  the 


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end  of  a  hickory  log,  with  an  iron  wedge  fastened  in  the 
end  of  a  stick  for  a  pestle." 

Soon  after  Peter  Van  Nice  had  settled  in  Hendricks 
County,  a  money  panic  struck  the  country,  and  times 
were  hard,  sure  enough.  The  postage  on  a  letter  at  that 
time  was  25  cents,  and  it  had  to  be  paid  by  the  receiver  of 
the  coveted  missive  from  friends  afar.  His  oldest  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Louisiana  Hadley,  has  a  letter  written  in  the 
spring  of  1833  by  Peter  Van  Nice,  in  Hendricks  County. 
to  his  sister,  Flora  Rose,  in  Kentucky,  and  preserved  by 
her.  The  letter  urges  more  haste  on  their  part  in  making 
the  removal  to  Indiana.  This  was  before  envelopes  had 
come  into  general  use,  and  the  letter  was  unprotected  by 
a  wrapper  and  was  secured  only  by  the  wax  seal. 

As  one  illustration  of  the  scarcity  of  money  in  those 
hard  times,  Beers' History  of  the  county  tells  of  a  man  who 
was  obliged  to  wait  two  months  before  he.  could  pay  the 
postage  on  a  letter  from  friends  in  North  Carolina,  which 
had  been  all  that  time  in  the  post  office  awaiting  redemp- 
tion. 

But  hard  work  and  hard  times  did  not  narrow  the  sym- 
pathies of  "Uncle  Peter  and  Aunt  Sallie",  as  they  were 
known  to  all  the  country  round,  and  they  were  noted  for 
their  hospitality,  their  home  being  always  a  favorite  stop- 
ping place  for  ministers — ever  welcome,  Aunt  Salh'e's 
motto  being  always  "For  the  sake  of  the  cause".  They 
were  faithful  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church,  and,  rain  or  shine,  Sunday  always  saw  the  fam- 
ily at  the  New  Winchester  "meeting  house",  some  three 
miles  from  their  home.  They  had  the  courage  of  their 
convictions,  and  nothing  could  ever  swerve  them  from  the 
course  they  chose  from  a  sense  of  right  and  duty.  The 
same  can  be  said  of  most  of  those  of  their  name  and  gen- 
eration, and  to  their  descendants  they  all  have  left  a  rich 
legacy  of  hardy  health  and  sturdy  endurance,  of  high 
ideals  and  unwavering  faith  in  their  maintenance. 

Peter  and  Sarah  Van  Nice  lived  to  within  a  few  days  of 
sixty  years  together,  and  in  death  were  not  separated,  he 
dying  February  9,  1888.  in  his  87th  year,  and  she,  on 
February  12,  in  her  79th  year.  They  were  laid  to  rest  in 
the  same  grave,  in  the  old  family  burying  ground  west  of 
the  house  on  his  farm. 


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Children: 
3_7  LOUISIANA  VAN  NICE  was  born  near  Danville, 
Kentucky,  February  7,  1829,  and  was  brought  by 
her  parents  to  Hendricks  County,  Indiana,  where 
she  still  lives,  in  her  S8th  year,  and  able  to  manage 
her  own  household  and  farm  and  to  send  interesting 
letters  to  her  family  and  friends.  September  10, 
1846,  she  was  married  to  Edom  Richardson  Hadley, 
born  in  Chatham  county,  North  Carolina,  August  17, 
1819,  a  son  of  James  T.  and  Mary  Richardson  Had- 
ley, who  had  come  to  Indiana  in  1825.  They  were 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Edom  Hadley 
owned  two  large  farms,  on  one  of  which  they  resided 
most  of  their  lives.  He  died  in  March,  1888. 
Children : 
1_8  LOUISA  JANE  HADLEY,  born  January  13,  1848, 
married  George  House,  now  deceased,  December 
22,  1869.  He  was  a  photographer.  She  and  her 
two  daughters  live  in  Danville,  Indiana.  They  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Children: 

1_9   Ida  May  House. 
2_9  Nettie  Magdalen  Hou^e. 

3_9   George  W.  House,  Jr.,  who  married  Retta  Hoek- 
er.  They  live  on  a  farm  near  North  Salem,  Ind. 
Children : 

1_10  William  Hocker  House,  born  September  5, 

1910. 
2_10  James  Milton  House,  born  in  October,  1912. 
2_8   MILTON  McCORD  HADLEY,  born  December  21. 
1857,  was  graduated  from  Lincoln  University  in 
June,  1883.     He  married  Mary  Fielding  of  Chand- 
lersville.  111.,  on  October  19,  1887.     They  lived  on 
a  farm  near  Danville,  Indiana,  where  he  died  De- 
cember 23.  1895.     His  widow  lives  with  his  moth- 
er on  the  old  homestead.    One  son, 
1_9   Harry  Fielding  Hadley,  born  August  11.  1888. 
married,    October  21,    1915,   Bounita   Boyd,    of 
Decatur,  Illinois,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mis.  John 
A.  Boyd.     She  obtained  her  B.  A.  degree  from 
James  Milliken  University  in  1910.     The  detrree 
of  B.  A.  was  conferred  upon  Harry  F.  Hadley 
by  the  same  institution  in   1911,  the  degree  of 


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M.  A.  by  the  University  of  Illinois  in  1912.  and 
Ph.  D.  in  1914.     He  is  now  chemist  for  the  State. 
Food  and  Drug  Department,  located  at  Vermil- 
lion, South  Dakota.     He  is  a  member  of  the  or- 
ganizations    Alpha    Chi    Sigma,     Phi    Lambda 
Upsilon,  and  Sigmi  Xi.     He  is  treasurer  of  the 
South  Dakota  Division  of  The  American  Chem- 
ical Society. 
3_8   CHARLES  E.  HADLEY,  son  of  Edom  and  Louis- 
iana Hadley,  born  January  28,  1862,  married  Jen- 
nie   Kurtz,    daughter    of    Henry    and    Margaret 
Kurtz.     They  lived  on  a  farm  near  Danville.  Inch, 
which  his  widow  still  owns.     He  died  February  10, 
1906.  "He  was  a  member  of  the  Friends'  Church. 
Of  magnificent  presence,  he  was  every  inch  a  man 
— the  kind  of  a  man  that  no  community  can  afford 
to  lose." 
Children: 

1_9   Dovey   Hadley,    who    married    Charles   Martin, 
and  has  one  daughter, 
1_10  Lavonia  Lucile   Martin,  born  in  November, 
1914. 
2_9   Myrtle  Hadley,  who  married  Dr.  Donald  Bart- 
ley.     He  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine 
at  Spencer,  Indiana. 
2_7   \VM.  HARRIS  VAX  NICE,  son  of  Peter  C.  and  Sarah 
Ann,  was  born  October  14,  1830,  in  Lincoln  County, 
Kentucky,    and    was  married  in  Hendricks  County. 
Indiana,  Januarv  4.    1853   to   Mary  Elizabeth   Ver- 
brike  (Ver  Bryck),  born  May  17,  1834.     They  lived 
in    Hendricks    County    until  the  fall  of  1863,  when 
they  moved  to  a  farm  in  Lucas  County,  Iowa.     Here 
Mary  Verbrike  Van  Nice  died  April  11,  1871,  and  in 
March,  1873,    he  was  married    to  Sarah  J.  Rose  of 
Hendricks  County,  Indiana.     About  1887,  they  mov- 
ed to  Chariton,  Iowa,  and  he  died  there  April   14, 
1894.     Sarah  J.  Van  Nice  lives  in  Danville,  Indiana. 
Children,  by  first  marriage : 
1_8  Samuel  Peter  Van  Nice,  born  November  29,  1853, 
in  Hendricks  County,  died  April  18.  1901.  in  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  where  he  had  been  employed  for  a 
long  time  in  the  offices  of  the  C.  and  N.  W.  Rail- 
way Company. 


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2_S  SARAH  IRIS  VAX  NICE,  bom  November  1,  1855, 
in  Danville,  Indiana,  was  married  in  Lucas  Coun- 
ty, Iowa,  December  7,  1S76,  to  Francis  Durbin 
Harris,  son  of  Frank  Harris.  In  1888  they  moved 
to  Independence,  Oregon,  where  he  died.  She 
then  returned  to  Lucas  County,  Iowa.  On  July  30. 
1915  she  was  again  married  to  Alonzo  McKinley 
of  Russell,  where  they  live. 
Children : 

1_9   William  Franklin  Harris,  born  August  29,  1877, 
married  Elsie  Blanche  Curtis  at  Russell,  Iowa, 
December  4.   1901.     They  live  on  a  farm  near 
Carmen,  Oklahoma. 
Children : 

1_10  Winifred    Ellen    Harris,    born    January  18, 

1903. 
2_10  Lee    Morton    Harris,    born    September  24, 

1904. 
3_10   Josephine  Maisie  Harris,  born  May  17,  1906. 
4_10   Glenn    Franklin    Harris,    born    August    2, 

1908. 
5_10   Verne  Milton  Harris,  bom  July  11,  1912. 
6_10   Jessie  June  Harris. 
2_9   Mary  Estella  Harris,  bom  April  30.  1879,  died 

November  9,  IS  S3. 
3_9   Hattie  Ellen  Harris,  born  September  16.  1880. 
married  Virgil  J.  Kazebeer,  December  22,  1897. 
He  died  in  Wellsville.   Missouri.     She  lives  in 
Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Children: 

1_10  Paul   Eugene    Kazebeer,   born   Januarv   23, 

1900. 
2_10  Flora    Ellen    Kazebeer,    born    Januarv    29, 

1903. 
3_10  Flovd  Everett  Kazebeer,  born  Januarv   15. 
1905. 
4_9  James  Samuel  Harris,  born  May  18,  1882.     He 

lives  near  Harlan,  Iowa. 
5_9   Mattie  Iris  Harris,  born   October   17,   1884.   in 
Lucas  County,  married  Arthur  L.  Long,  Febru- 
ary 8,  1905.     They  live  on  a  farm  in  Alberta, 
Canada. 


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Children  : 

1_10   Percv  Harris  Long,  born  January  8.  1906, 
2_10   Clifford  Ray  Long,  born  April  7,*  1907. 
3_10   Howard  Arthur  Long,  born  August  31,  1908. 
4_10   Francis  Winfield  Long,  born  June  4.  1910. 
6_9  Lettie  Ann  Harris,  born  July  29,  1888,  died  May 

12,  1889. 
7_9   Francis    Durbin    Harris,    born    March  5,  1890. 
married  Dessie  Jewell,  August  5,   1913.    They 
live  in  Monroe  County,  Iowa, 
Children : 

1_10  Frances  Leona  Harris. 
2_10   Clyde  Harris. 
3_8  WILLIAM  ALFRED  VAN  NICE,  born  August  29, 
1857  in  Hendricks  County,  Indiana,  son  of  Wm. 
H.  H.  and  Mary  Van  Nice,  was  married  August  29, 
1883    to    Hattie  Dickerson,  daughter  of  Jackson 
and    Mary    Dickerson.     They    live    in  Hendricks 
County,  Indiana,  on  a  farm. 
Children: 

1_9   Ray  Van  Nice,  born  August  16,  18S4.  married 
Maud  Kreigh,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Malinda 
Kreigh,  on  June  1G,  1911.     One  son 
1_10  Robert  G.  Van  Nice,  born  August  23,  1912. 
2_9   Clay  Van  Nice,  born  September  9,  1886,  mar- 
ried December  29,  1812,  Fauna  Hunt,  daughter 
of  Perry  and  Etta  Hunt.     No  children. 
3_9   Mamie  E.  Van  Nice,  born  May  28,  1892,  died 

October  23,  1907. 
4_9   Carl  Van  Nice,  born  September  15,  1894. 
4_8  Eva  Letta  Van  Nice  daughter  of  Wm.  H.  and  Mary 
Van  Nice,  was  born  February  15,  1860,  and  was 
married  to  Solomon  D.  Prather,  of  Monroe  Coun- 
ty,   Iowa,    June    29,   1880.     They  lived  in  Lucas 
County,  near  Russell  several  years,  then  moved  to 
Warren  Countv,    near  Indianola,    where  he  still 
lives.     She  died  April  25,  1916. 
Children: 

1_9  Ralph  Van  Nice  Prather,  born  June  15,  1881, 
married  Elma  L.  Morford  at  Russell,  Iowa,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1901.  They  live  on  a  farm  near  New 
Virginia,  Iowa. 


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Children : 

1_10  Wm.  David  Prather,  born  April  1,  1902. 
2_10  Cecil   Arthur   Prather,   born   December    19, 

1903. 
3_10  Lewis  Cleo  Prather,  born  March  22,  1905. 
4_10  Theo  Irene  Prather,  born  April  23,  1908. 
5_10  Lawrence  'Ivan    Prather,    born  August  12, 
1910. 
2_9  Joseph  Earl  Prather,  son  of  S.  D.  and  Eva  Prath- 
er, born  August  7,  1882,  was  married  at  Nor- 
walk,  to  Vera  B.  Beerbower,  August  10,  1910. 
They  live  at  Van  Wert,  Iowa,  where  he  is  prin- 
cipal of  schools.     One  son, 
1_10  Dean   Maynard   Prather,   born   August   18, 
1911. 
3_9  Edna    Estella    Prather,    daughter  of  S.  D.  and 
Eva     Prather,     born     February     1,     1885,   was 
married  at  Indianola,  February  8,  1906,  to  Har- 
ry Earl  Peck.     They  live  near  Indianola. 
Children: 

1_10  Verne  Earl  Peck,  born  May  12,  1907. 
2_10  Ilo  Eva  Peck,  born  July  23,  1911. 
4_9   Asahel  Glenn  Prather,  born  in  Warren  County, 
Iowa,  May  20,  1893,  is  in  college  at  Grinnell, 
Iowa. 
5_9   Oren  Alfred  Prather,  son  of  S.  D.  and  Eva  Prath 
er,  born  August  28,     1897,  is  in  high  school  at 
Indianola,  Iowa. 
5_8   MILTON  E.  VAN  NICE,  son  of  William  and  Mary 
Van  Nice,    was  born  April  6,  1862    in  Hendricks 
County,  Indiana,  and  on  June  21,  1883,  was  mar- 
ried to  Eva  U.  Kazebeer,  born  January  19,  1864, 
only  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Sarah    (Walker) 
Kazebeer,  who  lived  near  LaGrange,  Iowa.     They 
remained  with  her  parents  some  years,  then  mov- 
ed to  a  farm  near  Wellsville,  Missouri,  in   1902, 
and  lived  there  several  years,  but  in   1911   they 
moved     to     Strassburg,     Saskatchewan,     Canada, 
where  the  family  still  live.     Eva  Van  Nice  died 
there  July  1,  1911. 
Children: 

1_9  Wm.  Solomon  Van  Nice,  born  April  17,  1886. 
He  lives  in  Strassburg. 


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2_9  Jennie    Van    Nice,    born    March  31,  1889.  died 

March  23,  1903,  in  Wellsville,  Missouri. 
3_9  Elmer  Van  Nice,  born  May  31,  1891. 
4_9  Jessie  Van  Nice,  born  December  19,  1894.  She 

is  a  teacher. 
5_9  Leonard  Van  Nice,  born  March  5.  1897. 
6_9   Carrie  Van  Nice,  born  September  2,  1899. 
7_9  John  Van  Nice,  born  July  16.  1904. 
8_9   Mary  Van  Nice,  born  June  28,  1908,  died  in  No- 
vember, 1913. 
6_8  FLORA    ELLEN    VAN    NICE,    born  August   15. 

1865,  died  October  16,  1867. 
7_8  JAMES  ORION  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Wm.  H.  and 
Mary  Van  Nice,  was  born  March  22,   1868,  and 
was    for    many    years    a    pharmacist  in  Chicago. 
Illinois,  but  he  is  now  interested  in  banking  and 
ranching  at  McLaughlin,  South  Dakota.  Unmar- 
ried. 
8_8  MARY  VAN  NICE,  born  April  2.   1871,  died  in 
infancy. 
3_7  SAMUEL   NOEL    VAN    NICE,    son  of  Peter  C.  and 
Sarah    A.    Van    Nice,    was  born  March  10,  1833.  in 
Hendricks  County,  Indiana,    and   on    September  5. 
1855,  was  married  near  Bainbridge,  Putnam  County. 
Indiana,  to  Mary  Allen,  who  was  born  near  Mt.  Ster- 
ling, Montgomery  County,  Ky.,  Sept.  9.  1834.     She 
was  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Allison)  Allen, 
and  was  brought  by  them  to  Indiana  when  but  four 
years  of  age.     After    his    marriage.  Samuel  N.  Van 
Nice  went  to  Lucas  County.  Iowa,  and  entered  land 
adjoining  that  entered  by  his  brother  in  law,  Tandy 
Allen,  in  1852,  and  on  these  farms  and  in  Russell  the 
two  have  lived  near  neighbors  most  of  their  lives. 
Samuel  and  Mary  Van  Nice  sold  their  farm  and  mov- 
ed to  Russell,  Iowa,  in  1894,  where  they  lived  con- 
tinuously    until     her     death,     August      11,     1916. 
They     came     to     their     new     home     in     1856     and 
found     a     naked     prairie,     with     few     neighbors. 
and  none  near,  but  the  usual  cabin    of  the    pioneer 
settler    was    soon    erected,  and    it  housed  as  many 
hopes  and  as  much  happiness  as  the  more  preten- 
tious domicile  which  in  a  few  years  took  its  place. 
They  were  among  the   earlier  members  of  the  La 


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Grange  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church,  and  had 
an  important  part  in  its  upbuilding.     They  celebrat- 
ed their  sixtieth  wedding  anniversary  in  1915,  sur- 
rounded by  a  large  circle  of  friends. 
Children : 
1_8  FRANK  ALLEN  VAN  NICE,  born  April  4,  1857. 

He  lives  near  Russell,  Iowa. 
2_8  THOMAS  FYFFE  VAN  NICE,  born  July  9,  1859, 
was  married  April  22,  1885,  to  Eva  Hardy,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  M.  Chittick  Hardy,  of  Monroe 
County,  Iowa.  He  is  a  farmer  near  Russell,  Iowa. 
Children: 

1_9   Gettse  Van  Nice,  born  January  14,  1887. 
2_9   Orin  Van  Nice,  born  August  17,  1888. 
3_9   Margaret  Van  Nice,  born  September  3,   1892, 
was  married  in  August,  1915,  to  Perle  I.  Riley, 
of  Wayne  County,  Iowa.     They  live  on  a  farm 
near  Corydon,  Iowa.  One  daughter, 
1_10  Helen  Virginia  Riley,  born  August  31,  1916. 
4_9   Gertrude  Van  Nice,  born  October  8,  1896. 
3.8  HATTIE  ROSE  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  S.  N.  and 
Mary  Van  Nice,  was  born  May  18,  1861,  in  Lucas 
County,  Iowa,  and  was  married  there  to  William 
Sells,  June  21,  1911.    They  live  near  Sidney,  Iowa. 
4_8  HENRY  ALBERT  VAN  NICE,  born  June  6,  1863, 
was  married  June  27,  1889,  to  Nettie  Morrow  of 
Gibbon,  Nebraska.    They  lived  in  Geneva,  Nebras- 
ka, where  he  owned  a  grocery  store.     Nettie  Van 
Nice  died  there  April  2,  1900,  leaving  one  son.  He 
was  again  married  August  31,  1905,  to  Hermina 
Colby    of    Hastings,    Nebraska.     They  moved  to 
Largo,  Florida,   (on  Tampa  Bay)   where  he  has  a 
fruit  farm. 
Children,  first  marriage : 

1_9  Samuel  Donald  Van  Nice,  born  at  Geneva,  Ne- 
braska, November  5,   1899.     He  is  now  living 
near  Russell,  Iowa. 
Children,  second  marriage: 
2_9   Kathryn  Van  Nice,  born  April  17,  1909. 
3_9   Margaret    Alberta    Van     Nice,  born   April    12, 
1914,  at  Largo,  Florida. 


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5_8  LILLTE  MAY  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary,  was  born  May  17,  1866,  and  died  Septem- 
ber 23,  1866. 
6_8  EMMA    DELLA    VAN    NICE,    born  January  22. 
1868,  married  Smiley  J.  Littleton,  March  11,  1890. 
He  owns  a  fine  stock  farm  near  Russell,  Iowa.  No 
children. 
7_8  FLORENCE    BELLE    VAN    NICE,    daughter    of 
Samuel  and  Mary,  was  born  March  6,  1870,  and 
on  December  31,  1896,    was    married  at  Russell, 
Iowa,  to  Richard  Everett  Pedigo.     They  live  at 
Norwood,  Lucas  County,  where  he  has  a  farm  and 
telephone  business.     No  children. 
8_8  MARY  VAN  NICE,  born    August    9,  1872,    died 

August  16,  1872. 
9_8  LESTER  ROLAND  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Mary,  was  born  February  24,  1875,  and  on  March 
8,  1911,  was  married  to  Junia  May,  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  (Werts)  May.  They  live  on  a 
farm  near  Russell,  Iowa. 
Children : 

1_9  Mary  May  Van  Nice,  born  March  13,  1912. 
2_9  Isabel  Anna  Van  Nice,  born  December  7,  1915. 
4_7  JOANNA  SMITH  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Peter  C, 
and  Sarah  A.  W.  Van  Nice,  was  born  in  Hendricks 
County,  Indiana,  February  28,  1835,  and  taught  a 
short  time  before  she  was  married  on  January  29, 
1856,  to  Tandy  Allen, son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Polly) 
Allison  Allen.  He  was  born  near  Mt.  Sterling,  Mont- 
gomery County.  Kentucky,  June  3,  1832,  and  when 
but  six  years  of  age  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  a 
farm  near  Bainbridge  in  Putnam  County,  Indiana, 
where  he  lived  until  early  manhood.  August  4,  1852, 
in  company  with  two  cousins,  Milton  Cooper  and 
John  Call,  he  started  on  horseback  for  Lucas  County, 
Iowa,  where  they  arrived  in  about  three  weeks.  Here 
near  the  village  of  LaGrange,  he  entered  120  acres 
of  government  prairie  land,  paying  therefor,  accord- 
ing to  land  regulations  then  in  force,  $1.25  per  acre. 
He  then  went  back  to  Indiana  and  remained  until 
the  summer  of  1854,  when  he  returned  to  Iowa,  en- 
tered more  land,  built  a  log  house  on  it,  and  "broke" 
part  of  the  prairie  with  ox  teams.     He  had  learned 


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the  road  well  before  he  finally  went  back,  before 
Christmas,  1855,  to  bring  to  this  Iowa  home  the  help- 
mate of  his  life  for  the  past  sixty  years.  He  and 
Samuel  N.  Van  Nice  drove  through  in  wagons  with 
their  goods,  starting  about  February  10,  1856.  Their 
wives,  Joanna  Van  Nice  Allen  and  Mary  Allen  Van 
Nice,  went  by  rail  to  the  Father  of  Waters  at  Bur- 
lington, walked  across  on  the  ice,  there  being  no 
bridge,  and  no  railroad  west  of  the  river,  and  made 
the  remainder  of  their  journey  by  stage.  Russell  did 
not  appear  on  the  map  until  thirteen  years  later 
when  the  railroad  came,  and  Chariton  was  a  very 
small  village.  An  uncle,  Douglas  Allen,  had  settled 
near  LaGrange  in  1S49,  and  the  new  comers  receiv- 
ed the  heartiest  of  welcomes,  and  immediately 
found  a  niche  to  be  filled  in  the  C  P.  Church  and 
the  social  life  of  the  sparsely  settled  community.  As 
the  family  increased,  the  farm  was  increased  to 
about  a  section  of  land,  which  is  still  in  the  posses- 
sion of  the  family.  Except  four  years  residence  in 
Chariton,  from  1894  to  1898,  they  lived  on  this  farm 
until  about  December  1,  1900.  when  they  moved  to 
Russell,  where  they  still  reside,  active  and  interested, 
and  their  acquaintances  are  "confident  that  their 
health  will  never  be  impaired  by  lack  of  exercise". 
All  the  experiences  common  to  life  on  the  frontier 
which  have  been  recounted  in  preceding  chapters, 
came  to  them  also,  and  theirs  also  were  the  usual 
rewards  of  toil  and  self  denial  in  a  new  country,  for 
the  sake  of  those  who  come  after.  They  saw  the  con- 
veniences of  life  and  educational  opportunities  mul- 
tiply, but  were  as  happy  in  bringing  these  things 
about  as  in  the  fruition  of  their  hopes.  This  worthy 
couple,  surrounded  by  all  their  children  and  many 
friends,  celebrated  their  sixtieth  wedding  anniver- 
sary in  1916. 
Children  : 
1-8  CARRIE  ELLEN  ALLEN,  born  near  LaGrange, 
Lucas  County,  Iowa,  December  15,  1856,  is  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago.  She  is  a 
graduate  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Kirksville, 
Missouri,  and  taught  a  number  of  years  in  Iowa. 
She  was  Superintendent  of  Schools  of  Lucas  Coun- 
ty for  six  years,  1890  to  1896. 


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2_8  ELIZA  MATILDA  ALLEN,  born  March  31,  1858, 
married,  January  19,  1S7G,  Joseph  C.  Cassity,  son 
of  Henderson  and  Susan  (Wingate)  Cassity.  They 
lived  on  a  farm  near  LaGrange,  where  she  was 
prominent  in  the  work  of  the  C.  P.  Church,  and 
their  home  was  known  for  its  hospitality.  She 
died  there  January  1,  1897.  Joseph  C.  Cassity 
now  resides  in  Russell,  Iowa. 
Children : 

1_9  Leonard  Henderson  Cassity,  born  December  30, 
1876,  married  on  June  12,  1907,  Eola  Mcintosh. 
near  Decatur,  111.  He  was  for  some  years  an 
electrician  in  Decatur,  and  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 
but  since  1915,  has  been  engaged  in  farming 
near  Decatur. 
Children : 

1_10   Cenith    Ronald    Cassity,    born    in    Decatur, 

Illinois,  March  19,  1908. 
2_10   Carroll    Mcintosh    Cassity,  born  December 

15,  1909. 
3_10  Leon  Henderson  Cassity,  born  February   1. 
1912. 
2_9  Ethel  Allen  Cassity,  born  August  29.  1881,  was 
married  on  November  23,  1915,  to  A.  J.  Mettlin. 
He  has  a  drug  store  at  Russell,  Iowa. 
3_8  SARAH  ADELAIDE  ALLEN,  daughter  of  Tandy 
and  Joanna  Allen,  was  born  March  17,  I860,  and 
was  married  on  March  7,  1882,  to  William  Jacob 
Prather,  born  in   Monroe   County,   Iowa,   October 
18,  1858,  and  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah  E.  (Jacob) 
Prather  who  came  to  Iowa    in  1849    from    Clark 
County,  Indiana.     On  their    way  out    they  swam 
their  cattle   across   the    Mississippi   River.      John 
Prather's  father  had  come  to  Monroe  County  in 
1848.     William  and  Adelaide  Prather  live  on  a 
farm  near  Russell,  Iowa. 
Children: 
1_9  Bruce  Orville  Prather,  born  January   1,   1884, 

died  April  1G,  1895. 
2_9   Joanna    Smith    Prather,    born     November    10, 
1890,  near  Russell,   Lucas  County.   Iowa.     She 
was  a  teacher  prior  to  her  marriage  on  Septem- 
ber 27,  1916,    to  Osa  Clarence  Loynachan,    of 


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Lucas  County,  a  son  of  Chas.  Edward  and  Ella 
Elizabeth  Ghrist  Loynachan    of  Lucas  County, 
Iowa. 
3_9  Beatrice  Prather,  born  March  2,  1896. 
4.8   MARY  ISABEL  ALLEN,  daughter  of  Tandy  and 
Joanna  Allen,  was  born  October  17,  1861,  and  on 
March  11,  1885,  was  married  to  Samuel  T.  Goltry, 
son  of  John  and  Barbara    (Magill)    Goltry,  early 
settlers  in  Lucas  County,  from  Indiana.    They  own 
a  large  farm  near  Russell,  Iowa.     One  son, 
1_9  Everett  Allen  Goltry,  born  May  12,  1897. 
5_8  LOUISIANA  ALLEN  was  bom  in  Lucas  County, 
Iowa,  June  21,  1863,  and  was  married  to  George 
H.  Johnson,  March  11,  1885.     He  is  a  son  of  Wil- 
liam  and   Elizabeth    (Walters)    Johnson.       They 
live  in  Russell,  Iowa,  and  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church. 
Children : 

1_9  Elizabeth  May  Johnson,  born  February  5,  1888, 
was  married  December  9,  1907,  to  Lloyd  May, 
son  of  James  and  Mary  (Werts)  May  of  Russell, 
Iowa.  Thev  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 
2_9  Tandy  Allen  Johnson,  born  November  5,  1893, 

is  now  in  college  in  Winnepeg,  Canada. 
3_9  Floyd  Emil  Johnson,  born  May  16,  1900,  near 

Russell,  Iowa,  died  August  24,  1904. 
4_9  Esther  Leota  Johnson,  born  April  9,  1906. 
6_8   CHARLES  EDGAR  ALLEN,    son    of    Tandy  and 
Joanna  Van  Nice  Allen,  was  born  January  8,  1865, 
and  in  1886,  went  to  Gibbon,  Nebraska,  where  on 
August  29,  1889,  he  was  married  to  Sue  L.  Mor- 
row, born  Febr.   11,   1868,  a  daughter  of  Wilson 
H.  and  Narcissa  Isabel  Morrow,  who  went  to  Gib- 
bon from  Hillsboro,  Ohio,  in  1882.    The  year  after 
their  marriage  Charles    and    Sue    Allen  went  to 
Cozad,  Nebraska,  where  they  still  reside.     He  is 
a  merchant  and  a  prominent  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity.    They  and   family  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Children: 
1_9  Edith  Isabel  Allen,  born  June  7,  1891. 


ISO  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


2_9  Esther  Marie  Allen,  born  August  13,  1893,  died 
February  24,  1899. 

3_9  Dorothy  Allen,  born  February  9,  1895,  is  a 
teacher  in  Cozad. 

4_9  Ralph  Morrow  Allen,  born  March  7,  1897. 

5_9  Edgar  Van  Nice  Allen,  born  June  22,  1900. 

6_9   Hortense  Louise  Allen,  born  July  30,  1902. 

7_9  Frank  Patterson  Allen,  born  September  6;  1904. 
7_8  FRED  HADLEY  ALLEN,  son  of  Tandy  and  Jo- 
anna Allen,  was  born  December  18,  1866,  near 
LaGrange,  Iowa,  and  was  married  in  Russell,  Oc- 
tober 10,  1894  to  Jessie  E.  Elliott,  daughter  of 
Harvey  W.  and  Louise  (Kennedy)  Elliott.  The 
Kennedy  family  were  from  Pennsylvania;  the 
Elliotts  from  Indiana.  They  went  at  once  to  Co- 
zad, Nebraska,  where  he  was  in  business  with  his 
brother  Charles,  but  he  moved  to  Davenport,  Ne- 
braska, and  thence  to  Tobias,  Nebraska,  where  he 
is  in  the  hardware  business.  They  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Children : 

1_9  Elliott  Ellsworth  Allen,  born  March  9,  1896.  He 
is  taking  the  Civil  Engineering  Course  in  the 
University  of  Nebraska. 

2_9  Frederick  Hadley  Allen,  Jr.,  born  February  19, 
1901. 

3_9  Katherine  Allen,  born  May  18,  1907. 

4_9  Theodore  Kennedy  Allen,  born  May  6,  1913. 
8.8  HENRY  SMITH  ALLEN,  born  August  10,  1869, 
was  married  November  1,  1893  ,to  Annie  E.  Boyd, 
daughter  of  William  and  Ellen  Boyd,  who  came 
from  Ohio  and  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  of 
Russell.  They  lived  on  a  farm  near  Russell,  until 
1916,  when  they  moved  to  one  west  of  Chariton, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising. 
He  is  a  salesman  of  pure  bred  live  stock 
and  in  this  work  travels  over  several  states. 
They  are  members  of  M.  E.  Church. 

Children  : 

1_9  Ruth  Allen,  born  December  26,  1895,  is  a  stu- 
dent in  Simpson  College. 

2_9  William  Boyd  Allen,  born  July  16,  1900. 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND  FLORA  VAN  Nl'YSt PETER  4_5)   1S1 


3_9  Tandy  Van  Nice  Allen,  born  November  1G. 
1905,  near  Russell,  Iowa. 
9_8  GERTRUDE  MARION  ALLEN,  daughter  of  Tan- 
dy and  Joanna  Allen,  was  born  March  21,  1871. 
She  received  her  education  at  the  Danville,  Indi- 
ana, Normal  College  and  Highland  Park  College, 
Des  Moines.  She  was  married  on  August  3,  1898, 
to  William  Perry  Wortman,  born  June  4,  1867,  a 
son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Philena  (Clark)  Wort- 
man,  who  were  married  in  Mills  Countv,  Iowa, 
August  12.  1866.  B.  F.  Wortman  was 'born  in 
Brown  County,  Ohio,  May  7,  1843  and  moved  to 
Putnam  County,  Indiana,  with  his  parents,  thence 
to  Illinois,  and  to  Mills  County,  Iowa.  Philena 
Wortman  was  born  in  Tioga  County,  Pennsylvan- 
ia, October  22,  1842,  moved  to  Michigan  .thence 
to  Iowa.  She  was  one  of  the  early  teachers  of 
Iowa.  W.  P.  Wortman  was  graduated  from  High- 
land Park  College  in  1893,  and  for  a  number  of 
years  was  engaged  in  school  work.  He  bought 
the  Malvern,  Iowa,  Leader  in  1900  and  since  that 
time  has  been  editor  and  proprietor.  It  is  one  of 
the  leading  papers  of  south  west  Iowa.  They  and 
family  are  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church. 

Children  : 

1_9   Helen  Zene  Wortman,  born  in  Emerson,  Iowa. 
.  July  15,  1900. 

2_9   Jessie  Carol  Wortman,  born  in  Malvern,  Iowa. 
December  6,  1901. 

3_9   William    Perry    Wortman,    Jr.,  born   May  22, 
1904. 

4_9  Frank  Allen  Wortman,  born  October  8,  1906. 
10_8  AYLMER  JAY  ALLEN,  son  of  Tandy  and  Joan- 
na Allen,  born  November  24,  1873,  graduated 
from  Highland  Park  College  in  1898,  and  was 
married  at  Russell,  Iowa,  October  2,  1901.  to 
Mabel  Werts,  born  June  7,  1875.  She  was  a  daugh 
ter  of  Jackson  and  Esther  (Weimar)  Werts,  who 
were  both  born  in  Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  and 
came  from  that  County  to  a  farm  just  west  of  what 
is  now  Russell,  Iowa,  in  1864.  She  was  educated 
in  Parsons  College  at  Fairfield,  Iowa.     They  are 


182  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Russell, 
and  live  on  a  farm  near  there. 

Children: 

1_9  Elizabeth  Allen,  born  September  5,  1902,  near 

Russell,  Iowa. 
2^9  Thurman  Dillard  Allen,  born  August  23,  1904. 

died  September  3,  1904. 
3_9   Hubert  Werts  Allen,  born  October  8,  190G. 
4^9  Roger  Aylmer  Allen,  born  April  16,  1912. 

11-8  TANDY  CLAY  ALLEN,  son  of  Tandy  and  Joan- 
na Van  Nice  Allen,  was  born  October  5,  1876,  and 
was  married  June  26,  1901  to  Nellie  Gasser  of 
Chariton,  Iowa,  daughter  of  George  Frederick  and 
Georgiana  Shroeder  Gasser,  who  were  born  in 
Germany.  They  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.     No  children. 

12_8  LLOYD  RAYMOND  ALLEN,  born  September  27. 
1878,  was  married  September  26,  1906,  at  Forrest. 
111.,  to  Katherine  Hoffman.  He  is  a  physician  and 
surgeon  in  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.  He  took  his 
classical  course  at  Iowa  State  University  and  ob- 
tained his  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity Medical  School  at  Chicago  in  1903.  He 
practiced  about  four  years  in  Forrest.  111.,  before 
going  west.  They  are  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order.  One  daughter, 
1_9  Mildred  Joanna  Allen,  born  in  Colorado 
Springs,  October  5,  1910. 

5_7  AMANDA  JANE  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Peter  C. 
and  Sarah  A.  W.  Van  Nice,  was  born  in  Hendricks 
County,  Indiana,  March  1,  1837.  and  on  October  14, 
1863,  was  married  to  John  J.  Trotter,  also  of  Hen- 
dricks County,  born  April  9,  1834.  They  lived  in 
that  county  several  years,  then  moved  to  Indian- 
apolis, where  he  was  a  live  .-'lock  commission  mer- 
chant. She  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church  and 
was  thoroughly  devoted  to  home  and  family  inter- 
ests. She  lived  to  see  all  her  children  grown  to  ma- 
turity and  died  June  22,  1898,  at  Indianapolis.  John 
J.  Trotter  lives  with  his  daughter  in  Crawfordsville, 
Indiana. 


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Children : 
1.8   CHARLES   HENRY    TROTTER,   bom    November 
16,  1864,  married  at  Indianapolis,  June  7,  1893. 
Bertha  Viola  Shaw,  who  was  born  February  20, 
1873.     They  live  in  Indianapolis. 
Children: 

1_9   Harold  Orion  Trotter,  born  Julv  4,  1394". 
2_9  Homer  De  Witt  Trotter,  born  October  21,  1896. 
3_9  Frederick  L.  Trotter,  born  May  25,  1900. 
2_8  WILLIAM  OTIS  TROTTER,  second  son  of  John 
J.  and  Amanda  Jane,  was  born  July  31,  1867,  and 
on  September  20,  1893  was  married  at  Indianap- 
olis, to     Emma     Judith  Cheely,  born  February  5. 
1870.     They  have  lived  in  Indianapolis  since  and 
are  members     of  the     M.  E.  Church  there.     One 
daughter. 
1_9  Elizabeth    Jane    Trotter,    born   November  27, 
1907. 
3_8  EDGAR  HUBERT  TROTTER,  born  May  26,  1869, 
married  Martha  Amanda  Christie,  September  24, 
1893,  at     Indianapolis.     They  live     in  Columbus, 
Ohio.     One  daughter, 
1_9  Janeva  C.  Trotter,  born  October  19,  1895,  is  a 
student  in  Wesleyan  University  at  Columbus. 
4_8   AUGUSTA   LOUELLA   TROTTER,     daughter    of 
John  J.  and  Jane  Trotter,   was  born  January  3, 
1872,  and  was  married  at  Indianapolis.  June  25. 
1900,   to   Emmons  A.   Douglass   of   New    Market, 
Indiana.     They  live    in   Crawfordsville,    Indiana, 
where  he  is  in  a  hardware  store.     They  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.     Three 
interesting  daughters  ha\e  blessed  their  home. 
1_9  Evangeline    Douglass,   born    at   Crawfordsville, 

Indiana,  May  27,  1901. 
2_9   Janet  Douglass,  born  November  1,  1903. 
3_9   Mildred  M.  Douglass,  born  April  7,  1905. 
5_8  FLORA  MABEL  TROTTER  daughter  of  John  and 
Jane,  was  born  April  20,  1878,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 2,  1879. 
6_7  SARAH  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Peter  C.  and  Sarah 
A.  Van  Nice,  was  born  December  23.  1839,  in  Hen- 
dricks County,  Indiana,   and   was  married   May  23. 
1877,  to  W.  Thomas  Ferguson,  D.  D.,  who  was  born 


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in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  July  28,  1836.  His 
parents  removed  to  Bloomfield,  Indiana,  when  he 
was  but  three  months  old,  and  spent  the  remainder 
of  their  lives  there.  His  mother  attained  to  a  great 
age,  surviving  him,  and  rejoicing  always  in  his  suc- 
cess. He  was  of  Scotch  lineage,  and  possessed  the 
Scotch  traits  of  frankness,  integrity,  piety,  great 
firmness  of  purpose  and  unwavering  faith.  Early 
in  life  he  united  with  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church  and  fitted  himself  for  the  ministry.  His  ac- 
tive pastorates  covered  a  period  of  almost  a  half- 
century,  and  in  addition  he  served  the  church  in  al- 
most every  other  capacity,  on  important  committees, 
on  the  Boards  of  Missions  and  Church  Extension, 
and  twice  as  Moderator  of  its  highest  court,  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  in  its  Oregon  meeting,  and  in  Little 
Rock  in  1903.  His  longest  pastorates  were  at  Bain- 
bridge  and  Martinsville,  Indiana,  Bowling  Green, 
Kentucky,  and  Grayville  and  Petersburg,  Illinois. 
He  served  the  church  at  Martinsville  for  fifteen 
years  with  great  acceptance  and  success.  The  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
Lincoln  University  in  recognition  of  his  eminent  ser- 
vices to  the  Church  and  the  State.  He  was  a  student 
and  a  logical  thinker,  and  he  addressed  himself  to 
the  preparation  of  his  sermons  with  painstaking 
care.  In  addition  he  had  the  advantage  of  a  fine 
presence  in  the  pulpit.  He  had  a  genial  sociable 
disposition,  and  was  popular  with  the  young  people. 
Among  his  fellow  ministers  he  was  recognized  as  an 
able  preacher,  a  faithful  pastor,  an  enterprising 
presbyter,  and  a  wise  counselor.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  Dr.  Ferguson  was  financial  agent  for  Milliken 
University  at  Decatur,  Illinois,  a  work  undertaken 
on  behalf  of  the  College  Commission  of  the  Church, 
and  in  which  he  was  greatly  interested,  but  which 
taxed  his  energies.  He  was  stricken  without 
warning,  and  died  in  Petersburg,  Illinois,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1905,  in  his  seventieth  year.  By  his  first  mar- 
riage, to  Sarah  E.  Freeland.  he  had  six  children  liv- 
ing at  the  time  of  his  marriage  to  Sarah  Van  Nice. 
She  is  now  living  in  Chicago  with  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Dee  F.  Clarke. 


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Children,  bv  second  marriage: 
1_8   MILTON*  CLYDE  FERGUSON,  born  in   Martins- 
ville, Indiana,  March  26,  1878,  died  unmarried  in 
Nevada  in  March,  1914. 
2_8  THOMAS  CARL  FERGUSON,     born  in  Martins- 
ville, September  1,  1880,  now  lives  in  Chicago. 
7_7   MILTON  BYRD  VAN  NICE,  born  August  6,  1842, 
in  Hendricks  County,  Indiana,  served  in  the  Union 
Army  in  the  Civil  War.     He  was  married  November 
9,  1870,  to  Sophronia  Johnston,     who  was     born  in 
Barbour  County,  West  Virginia,  July  4,  1852.     They 
lived  for  many  years,  on  a  farm  adjoining  his  fath- 
er's, but  moved  to  Danville,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business.     He  died  there  August  22, 
1904.     His  widow  and  their  daughter  Grace  still  re- 
side in  Danville. 
Children: 
1_8      GRACE  E.  VAN  NICE,  born  October  17,  1871. 
2_8  EMMA      MYRTLE  VAN  NICE,     born   March  1. 
1875,  died  May  13.  1876,  in  Hendricks  County. 
8_7  JAMES  R.  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Peter  C.  and  Sarah  A., 

born  May  6.  1845.  died  November  12,  1851. 
9_7  ELLEN  VAN  NICE,  born  January  8,  1848,  died  No- 
vember 4,  1851. 
10_7   HENRY  SMITH  VAN  NICE     was  born     July  31, 

1850,  and  died  September  23.  1862. 
11_7  ELLEN  VAN  NICE,  JR..  born  February  12,  1853. 
was  educated  in  Lincoln  University,  and  on  Septem- 
ber 7,  1875.  was  married  at  New  Winchester  church 
to  Rev.  Ohio  C.  Hawkins,  born  February  7,  1846,  a 
minister  in  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church.  He 
served  pastorates  in  Owensboro,  Kentucky,  Spring- 
field, Missouri,  and  LaGrange,  Iowa,  at  which  latter 
place  he  died  on  July  26,  1887,  in  the  prime  of  life. 
Ellen  Hawkins  then  returned  to  her  parents  in  Indi- 
ana, but  for  many  years  has  resided  with  her  only 
son.  in  Indianapolis.  Indiana. 
1-8  FRANK  VAN  NICE  HAWKINS,  born  October  22. 
1877,   in   Owensboro,   Kentucky,   was  married    in 
Indianapolis,  September  18,  1901,  to  Elsie  Lenora 
Turner,  born  November  16,   1882.     They  live  in 
Indianapolis.     He  is  western  representative  of  a 
firm  of  wholesale  druggists. 


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Children : 

1_9   Duane  Hawkins,  born  in  Indianapolis,  Februarv 
21,  1903. 

2_9   Donald  T.  Hawkins,  born  December  9,  1907. 

3_9  Elsie    Roberta    Hawkins,    born    December    11, 
1911. 

5_6  FLORA  VAN  NICE, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Deborah  Van  Nice,  was  born  April 
14,  1805  and  was  married  August  11,  1825,  in  Mercer 
County,  Kentucky,  to  Louis  A.  Rose,  who  was  born  in 
1801.  He  was  a  son  of  Charles  Rose,  who  was  born  Oc- 
tober 6,  1778,  and  his  wife  Mary,  who  was  born  February 
14,  1779,  and  who  were  married  December  9,  179G.  They 
lived  in  Mercer  County  until  1833,  when  they  came  to 
Hendricks  County  Indiana,  and  carved  a  home  out  of  its 
virgin  forests,  adjoining  the  farm  of  her  brother  Peter. 
About  the  same  time  their  brother  Lawrence  and  their 
parents  came  and  settled  the  farm  on  the  west.  Here 
.  Lewis  Rose  died  June  14.  1881.  Flora  Rose  with  her 
daughter  Kate  ,  afterward  moved  to  Danville,  and  she 
died  there  September  8,  1896,  in  her  ninety  second  year. 

Children : 

1_7   WILLIAM  L.  ROSE  was  born  June  30,  1826,  in  Mer- 
cer County,  Kentucky,    and  was    brought  with  his 
parents  to  Indiana,  where  he  died  July  24,  1851.  He 
married  Isabel  Kelly.     No  children. 
2_7   CHAS.    VAN  NICE    ROSE,    was  born  December  6. 
1827,  and  died  September  18,  1835,    in    Hendricks 
County,  Indiana. 
3.7   LEWIS  MC  ROSE  was  born  December  28,  1829,  and 
died  January  30,   1863,  in  the  Union  Army  in  the 
Civil  War.     He  married  Margaret  Kelly. 
Children : 
1_8   ALICE  ROSE,  born  April  27,   1856,  was  married 
November  18,  1874,  to  Luke  Dooley,  son  of  Moses 
and  Ellen  Dooley.     They  live  in  Danville  and  have 
one  daughter, 
1-9  Jessie  Dooley,  born  December  28,  1876. 
2.8   WILLIAM    MC    ROSE    married    Amanda    Bo  wen 
and  lives  on  a  farm  near  North  Salem,  Indiana. 
Children:  Ethel.  Edith  and  Morris. 
3_8  FLORA  ROSE,  died  in  infancy. 


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4_7   MARY  ELLEN  ROSE,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Flora 
Rose,  was  born  August  27.  1831,  in  Mercer  Coun- 
ty, Kentucky,  and  was  brought  by  her  parents  to 
Hendricks  County.  Indiana,  in  1833.     Here  she  was 
married  to  Henry  Hays,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky, 
September  27,  1824.     He  was  a  son  of  John  Hays, 
who,  when  he  came  from  Kentucky  first  settled  on 
what  is  now  a  part  of  Indianapolis,  but  the  depre- 
dations of  wild  animals  on  White  River  caused  him 
to  move  twenty-seven  miles  farther  west,  and  he  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Marion  township,  in 
Hendricks  County.     Henry  and  Mary  Hays  lived  on 
a  farm  near  New  Winchester  until  late  in  life,  when 
they  moved  to  Danville,  where  she  died  October  16, 
1904.     He    died    September  27,    1905.     They  were 
members  of  the  C.  P.  Church  at  Danville. 
Children : 
1_8  LOUIS  A.  HAYS  was  born  December  7,  1848,  near 
New  Winchester,  Indiana,    and    was  married  to 
Mary  E.  Bryant  at  Danville.  October  25,  1871.    In 
1890  they  moved  to  Effingham,  Illinois,  where  he 
is  a  traveling  salesman.    They  are  members  of  the 
M.  E.  Church. 

Children  : 

1_9  Farra  T.  Hays,  who  died  August  27,  1872. 

2_9  Risher  Y.   Hays,   born   in    1880,   married  Edna 

Oliver,  March  30,  1902. 
Children  : 

1_10  Louis  Elmer  Hays,  born  1906. 
2_10   Maxine  Isabel  Hays,  born  August  26,  1912. 
2_8  SARAH  E.  HAYS  was  born  in  1850,  and  married 

Weekly.     They  live  at  Maysville,  Indiana. 

Children : 

1_9   Venia  Weekly,  who  married  Underwood. 

2_9   Milton  Weekly,  who  was  born  in  1870,  is  mar- 
ried and  lives  in  Indianapolis. 
3_9  Ernest  Weekly,  born  in  1876. 
4_9  Hubbard  Weekly,  born  in  1888.  No  further  rec- 
ord of  Sarah  Weekly's  family  received. 
3_8  JOHN  Mc  HAYS,  born  in  1852,' is  married  and  has 
three 


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Children: 

1_9  Elizabeth    Hays,    born    in  1874,  married  

Bratton. 
2_9   Charles  Hays,  who  was  born  in  1877  and  lives 

at  Winnemae,  Indiana. 
3_9  Jessie  Hays,  who  was  born  in  1880,  and  mar- 
ried    Cotterman.     They  live  in  Pittsburg. 

No  further  record. 
4_8  HENRIETTA    HAYS,    daughter    of    Henry    and 
Mary  E.,  was  born  in  1855  and  married Un- 
derwood.    They  live  near  Maysville. 
Children : 

1_9  Ira  Underwood,  born  in  1876. 
2_9   Henry  Underwood,  born  in  1881,  lives  at  Green- 
castle,  Indiana. 
5_8   ARTHUR  HAYS,  son  of  Henry  and  Mary,  born  in 
1858,  is  married  and  lives  at  Anderson,  Indiana. 
Children : 

1_9  Herbert  Hays,  born  in  1880. 
2_9   Matson  Hays,  born  in  1884. 
6_8  WINFIELD    SCOTT    HAYS,    son    of    Henry    and 
Mary,  born  August  24,  1861,  in  Hendricks  County, 
Indiana,  was  married  to  Ella  D.  Thomson,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1885.     They  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church.     Their    four    boys  were  all  born 
near  New  Winchester,  Indiana,  but  they  now  live 
near  Ladoga,  Indiana.     He  and  all  his  boys  vote 
the  Democratic  ticket. 
Children : 

1_9  Willard  H.  Hays,  born  October  13,  1886,  mar- 
ried Mabel  Storm,  October  2,  1910.     They  live 
at  New  Castle,  Indiana,  where  he  is  a  carpenter. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church.  Mabel 
Hays  died  January  4,  1913.     One  daughter, 
1_10  Iona  Hays,  born  March  26,  1912. 
2_9   John  Raymond  Hays,  son  of  Winfield  and  Ella, 
was  born  May  15,  1890,  and  was  married  Aug- 
ust 13,  1910,  to  Leah  Fay  Hammond  of  New 
Albany,    Indiana.     They    live  at  Los  Angeles, 
California,  where  he  is  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness.    They  are  Presbyterians.     One  son, 
1_I0  John  Richard  Hays,  born  July  14,  1911. 


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3_9  Samuel  Earl  Hays,    son  of    Wmfield  and  Ella, 
born  December  10,  1894,  was  married  to  Cecil 
White  in  Crawfordsville,  Indiana,  October  15, 
1913.     He  is  a  painter  by  trade.     One  daughter, 
1_10  Ethelene  Hays,  bom  April  27.  1915. 
4_9  Henry  Leonard  Hays,  son  of  Winfield  and  Ella, 
born  May  9,  1S97.     He  is  single,  and  is  in  the 
lumber  business  at  New  Castle,  Indiana. 
7_8  LAURA  HAYS,  born  April  8,   1864,  married   A. 
C.  Underwood,  November  20,  1884.     They  live  in 
Danville,  Indiana,  and  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  there.     He  is  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness. 
Children:  . 

1_9  Beryl  Underwood,  born  December  1,  1889.  was 
married  to  Dr.  E.  G.  Conn,  February  20,  1908. 
They  are  located  for  practice  at  Chrisman,  Illi- 
nois.    Two 
Children : 

I_10  William  Thomas  Conn,  born  November  20, 

1908,  d;ed  February  7.  1912. 

2_10   Martha  Louise  Conn,  born  January  24,  1915. 

2_9  Walter  C.  Underwood,  born  August  31,   1893. 

LInmarried.     He    has  a    garage    in    Chrisman, 

Illinois. 

8_8  KATE  HAYS,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary,  born 

in  1867,  was  married  to Thompson,  and  lives 

at  North  Salem,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_9   Chester  Thompson,  born  in  1887.     He  lives  at 

Jamestown,  Indiana. 
2_9   Glenn  Thompson,  born  in  1891,  lives  at  North 
Salem,  Indiana. 
5_7  SARAH  JANE  ROSE,  born  September  14,  1833,  in 
Hendricks  County,  Indiana,  was    married    there  in 
March,  1873,  to  Wm.  H.  Van  Nice  and  went  at  once 
to  Lucas  County,  Iowa,  his  home.     Since  his  death, 
April  14,  1894,  she  has  made  her  home  in  Danville, 
Indiana,  except  for  a  few  years  spent  in  Chicago, 
Illinois,  with  her  sons,  Samuel  and  Orion. 
6_7   CHARLES  A.  ROSE,  born  August  14,  1835,  married 
Serena  Nichols,  daughter  of  Col.  Thomas  and  Mar- 
tha Hadley  Nichols.     Col.  Nichols  settled  in  Hend- 


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ricks  County,  in  1822,  when  it  was  a  complete  wilder 
ness  and  before  all  the  Indians  had  been  removed  to 
reservations     farther     west,  and  before  the  county 
was  organized  in  1824.     He  was  one  of  the  oldest 
and  most  highly  respected  of  the  earlier  settlers  and 
served  the  county  in  the  legislature  and  in  local  of- 
fices as  well  as  in  his  church  relations.     Charles  Rose 
lived    on  a  farm    in  Putnam  county,  where  Serena 
Rose  died  November  10,  1888.     He  died  in  Danville, 
July  6,  1908.     They  had  one  daughter, 
1_8  LILLIE  ROSE,  born  October  15,  1859,  was  mar- 
ried June  3,  1877,  to  James  Haynes,  son  of  Frank 
and  Lydia  Haynes.     They  own  a  farm  near  Dan- 
ville, on  which  they  reside. 
Children: 

1_9   William  Haynes.  born  October  11,  1880,  mar- 
ried Pearl  Gregg,  July  20,  1904. 
2_9   Grace  Haynes.  born  December  15,  1885. 
3_9   Georgia  Haynes,    born    May  9,   1891,  married 

Harlan  Craig,  June  27,  . 

4_9   Frank  Haynes.  bom  July  18,  1893. 
7_7   ISAAC  JAMES  ROSE,  born  January  10.  1838,  mar- 
ried Fannie  Russell.     He  died  in  the  Civil  War  Aug- 
ust 27,  1863. 
8_7   THOMAS  C.  ROSE,  born  January  21,  1840,  married 
Mary  Catherine  Clay.     They  live  near  North  Salem, 
Indiana,  and  have  one  son, 
1_8   WEBSTER  ROSE,  who  married  in  Oregon,  about 
1913,  and  lives  in  Portland. 
9_7   HENRY  ROSE,  born    February  22,   1843,    married 
Clara  Taylor.     He  died  December  7,  1877.     His  wid- 
ow lives  in  Hendricks  County,  and  has  one  daughter, 
1_8   OLIVE  MAY  ROSE,  who  married  Walter  Smith. 
One  daughter, 
1_9  Evelyn  Rosemarv  Smith,  born  June  1,  1915. 
10_7   REBECCA  CATHERINE  ROSE,  born  October  28, 
1845.     She  lives  at  Danville.  Indiana. 

6_6  LAWRENCE  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Peter  and  Deborah  De  Motte  Van  Nice,  was  born 
in  Mercer  County.  Kentucky.  June  20,  1807.  and  married 
there  July  25,  1833,  Caroline  Frances  Adams,  born  Sep- 
tember 12,  1811,  and  a  daughter  of  Archie  and  Phebe 
Caldwell  Adams.     Her  sister  Ann  married  Cornelius  Van 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND  FLORA  VAN  NUYS(PETER  4_5)   1D1 


Nuys,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Mary  Van  Nuys,  and  a  cousin 
of  Lawrence.  In  1833,  in  company  with  his  lather  and 
mother,  Lawrence  and  Caroline  went  to  Hendricks  Coun- 
ty, Indiana,  and  '"entered"  government  land  adjoining 
the  farm  of  his  brother  Peter  C,  on  the  west.  This  farm 
was  occupied  jointly  by  father  and  son  until  the  death  of 
the  father,  and  it  is  still  in  the  possession  of  Lawrence's 
son,  William  E. 

Here  Caroline  Adams  Van  Nice  died  September  17. 
1846,  and  he  married  Juliana  Hadley,  August  1,  1848. 
She  was  born  December  5,  1812,  and  died  October  4, 
1872.  Lawrence  Van  Nice  spent  his  latter  years  in  Dan- 
ville, Indiana,  and  died  there  March  5,  1898,  after  a  long 
and  useful  life,  having  earlier  earned  a  competency  and 
reared  a  large  family,  while  helping  to  subjugate  and 
develop  a  new  and  wild  country. 

Children : 
1_7  MARGARET  LOGAN  VAN  NICE  was  born  May  2, 
1834,  and  was  married  October  9.  1851,  to  Henry 
Kurtz,  born  in  Nelson  County.  Kentucky,  February 
10,  1828,  and  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Allutia  Kurtz,  who 
came  from  Kentucky,  to  Hendricks  County,  October 
28,  1828.  Henry  and  Margaret  Kurtz  lived  most  of 
their  married  life  on  the  same  farm  in  Hendricks 
County.  Their  sixtieth  wedding  anniversary  was 
celebrated  in  a  grove  on  this  farm  by  a  large  com- 
pany of  relatives  and  friends.  Henry  Kurtz  died 
June  8,  1913.  Margaret  Van  Nice  having  preceded 
him  only  a  few  days.  Her  death  occurred  May  28, 
1913.  Henry  Kurtz  served  all  through  the  Civil  War 
in  the  union  army. 
Children: 
1-8  CAROLINE  FRANCES  KURTZ,  born  September 
4,  1852.  married  John  Underwood,  January  21, 
1872.  He  was  a  son  of  William  and  Harriet  Un- 
derwood and  was  born  February  20,  1849,  in 
Hendricks  County.  They  live  near  Danville,  and 
are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Children  : 

1_9  Carrie  Underwood,  born  August  14,  1874,  mar- 
ried Shelby  Stephenson,  December  20,  1894. 
One  son, 


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1_10   Maynard   Stephenson,    born    September   5. 
1899. 
2_9  Lura    Underwood,    bom    December    10,    1876. 
married  on  December  25,  1897,  Charles  Allison. 
son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Allison.     They  live  at 
Anderson,  Indiana. 
Children: 

1_10   Geraldine  Allison,  born  January  6,  1899. 
2_8  JACOB  L.  KURTZ,  born  July  22,  1854,  married 
Lucy  Tinder,  January  12,  1881.     She  died,  and  he 
married  Jennie  Tinder,   August  15,   1888.     They 
now  live  in  Danville,  where  they  are  members  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Children,  by  first  marriage : 
1_9   Asa  Kurtz,     born  January  11.  1883,     married 

Gene  Wren  on  January  15,  1908. 
2_9  John  Kurtz,  born  May  30.  1884,  married  Sep- 
tember 3,  1913,  to  Gertrude  Gentry. 
3_9  Everett  Kurtz,  born  August  19,  1885,  married 

May  15,  1915. 
Children,  by  second  marriage: 
4_9  Lawrence  Kurtz,  born  August  26,  1896. 
3_8   ANN    ELIZA    KURTZ,    born  December  4,  1856, 
married  James  Hadlev,  son    of    Enos    and  Susan 
Hadley,  on  October  9,  1901.  They  live  on  his  farm 
near  Danville. 
Children : 

1_9  Jessie  Hadley,  born  on   March  27,   1882,  mar- 
ried Byron  Cox  on  October  9,  1910. 
2_9   Henry*  Kurtz  Hadley,     born  August  19,   1887, 
married  Annabelle  Parish. 
4_8   WILLIAM  H.  KURTZ,     born  October     17,  1858, 

died  March  28,  1860. 
5_8  JENNIE  KURTZ,  born  October  18,  1860,  married 
Charles  Hadley,  son  of  Edom  and  Louisiana  Had- 
ley, December  27.  1881.  They  lived  on  a  farm 
near  Danville,  until  his  death.  She  now  resides 
in  Danville. 
Children  : 

1_9  Dovey  Hadley,  who  married  Charles  Martin. 
They  live  on  her  mother's  farm,  and  have  one 
daughter, 


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1_10  Lavonia  Lucile  Martin,  born  in  November, 
1914. 
2_9  Myrtle  Hadley,  who  married  Dr.  Donald  Bart- 
ley,  June  18,  1912.     He  is  a  physician  and  re- 
ceived his  degree  of  M.  D.  at  Indianapolis  Med- 
ical College.     Myrtle  Hadley  Bartley  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Danville  Normal  College  and  was  a 
teacher.     They  are  located  at  Spencer,  Indiana. 
6_8  CHARLES  E.  KURTZ,  born  September  10,  1367, 
married  Alice  Henry,  daughter  of  Henrv  and  Es- 
telline  Henry,  March  29,   1890.     They -live  on  a 
farm  near  North  Salem,  Indiana. 
Children : 

1_9  Ralph  Kurtz,  born  September  4,  1893. 
2_9  Verla  Kurtz,  born  January  16,  1896. 
3_9   Hobart  Henry  Kurtz,  born  March  9,  1898. 
4_9   Charles  Kurtz,  Jr.,  born  May  17,  1911. 
7_8   OSCAR  KURTZ,  son  of  Henry  and  Margaret,  born 
September  2.  1869,  was  married  October  16,  1890 
to  Addie  Williams,  daughter  of  Christopher  and 
Martha  Williams.     They  live  in  Hendricks  Coun- 
ty, where  he  is  a  farmer. 
Children : 

1-9   Carrie  Mabel  Kurtz,     bom  June  8,  1893,     was 
married  February  27,  1913,  to  Geo.  Edick.  One 
daughter, 
1_10   Mildred  Jean  Edick,  born  November  1,  1913. 
8_8  WILBER   H.   KURTZ,    born    November  4,   1872, 
died  March  7,  1875. 
2_7  PHEBE  ELIZABETH  VAN  NICE,  born  June  6.  1836, 
married  on  June  22,   1854,   Reuben  Ragan,  son  of 
Thompson  and  Sarah  Ragan.     They  lived  for  many 
years    near    Maysville,     Putnam    County,    Indiana, 
where     he  died.     She  is     now  living     in  Hanford, 
California. 
Children : 
1-8  SARAH  RAGAN,  lives  in  California. 
2_8   MARY    RAGAN,    married    David  Taylor,  son  of 
Joseph  Taylor.     They  live  near  Maysville,  Indi- 
ana, where  he  is  a  farmer.     No  children. 
3_8  LUCY  RAGAN,  married  Perry  Taylor,  brother  of 
David.     They  have  one  daughter, 
1-9  Ona  Taylor. 


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4_8   MARGARET   ELLEN  RAGAN,   married   Charles 
Sacre.    They  had  one  child,  which  died  in  infancy. 
Ellen  Sacre  died  in  April.  1916. 
3_7   HARVEY  NELSON  VAN  NICE,  bom  July  14,  1837 , 
married  on  March  6,  1860,  Julia  Matlock,  daughter 
of  William  and  Nancy  Matlock.     She  died  at  Dan- 
ville, Indiana,  October  4,  1904,  where  they  had  lived. 
He  died  at  the  home  of  his  son  in  Lebanon,  Indiana, 
April  16,  1916. 
Children: 
1_8   CLARA  VAN  NICE,  born  October  17,  1861,  mar- 
ried  February   2,    1879,   Thomas   Bunten.   son   of 
William  and  Sarah  Bunten.    They  live  in  Danville, 
and  have  one  son. 
1_9   Omer  Bunten,  born  January  8,   1880,  married 
Anna  King.     He  is  a  traveling  salesman  living 
at  Danville. 
2_8  FRANK  VAN  NICE,  oldest  son     of  Harvey  and 
Julia,  was  born  March  14,  1866,  and  married  An- 
na Mainwaring,  February  24,  18 — . 
3_8   CHARLES  E.  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Harvey  and  Julia. 
was  born  May  18,  1868  and  married  Laura  Liv- 
ingston.  1888.     They  live  in     Lebanon,  Indiana, 
where  he  is  proprietor  of  a  large  restaurant  bus- 
iness. 
4_7  ISAAC  NEWTON  VAN  NICE,  born  May  28,  1839, 
was  married  September  26,   1861,  to  Sarah  Davis, 
daughter  of  Wra.  and  Catherine  Davis.    In  1875  they 
settled  on  a  farm  near  Salem,  Hendricks  County,  but 
afterward  went     to  Montgomery  County,     Indiana, 
where  he  died.     His  widow  still  lives  there. 
Children: 
1_8  WILLIAM  VAN  NICE,  who  was  born  October  22, 

1862.    No  record  of  family. 
2_8   OLIVER  VAN  NICE,  who  was  born  May  7,  1866. 

No  record. 
3_8  LILLIE  VAN  NICE,     born  March  5,  4868,     died 

March  10,  1868. 
4_8  ETTA  VAN  NICE,  who  was  born  April  11,  1869. 
5_8  LAURA  VAN  NICE,  born  March  8,  1872,  married 

Elmer  Davis. 
6_8   MAY  VAN  NICE.     No  further  record  of  Isaac's 
family  is  available. 


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5,7   DAVID    MADISON    VAN    NICE,    born  October  5. 
1342,   was  married     February    15,    1866,     to    Mary 
Kurtz,  daughter  of  George  and  Emeline  Kurtz.  They 
moved  to  northern  Indiana. 
Children : 

1_8  EVA  VAN  NICE,  who  married Sanderson. 

One  son, 
1_9  Herschel  Sanderson. 
2_8  ELBERT  VAN  NICE,  who  married  Nora  Stewart 
G_7  PETER    M.    VAN    NICE,    born    May  7,   1846,  died 
March  13,  1847. 
Children,  by  second  marriage: 

7_7  WILLIAM  ELWOOD  VAN  NICE,  born  April  25. 
1850,  married  on  March  4.  18SG.  Lillian  Hubbard, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Hubbard.  He  owns 
the  farm  settled  by  his  father,  but  they  reside  in 
Danville.     They  are  Presbyterians. 

8-7  JAMES  OLIVER  VAN  NICE,  born  August  9,  1851. 
married  October  10,  1877,  Jennie  Gregg,  who  died 
January  14,   1901. 

Children: 
1-8  LAWRENCE   VAN   NICE,      born      September   8. 
1880,  married  May  Hayworth.  daughter  of  Harp- 
er and  Margaret  Hayworth,  in  September,  1905. 
They  live  on  a  farm  near  Danville. 

Children: 

1_9   Virginia    Van    Nice,    and    Margaret  and  Law- 
rence. 
2_8  THADDEUS    VAN    NICE,    born  March  3,  1883, 
died  September  10,  1906. 

9_7   MARY  ELLEN  VAN  NICE,  born  January  10,  185G. 
married  first,  Charles  Harlan,  and  second,  Andrew 
Carson.  She  lives  at  Delaven,  Wisconsin.  No  children. 
7_6  Peter  and  Deborah  Van  Nice  had  two  other  chil- 
dren who  died  young  but  whose  names  are  not  known. 


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CHAPTER  X 

JOHN  VAN  NICE 

John  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 

DESCENDANTS  of  Isaac  and  Flora  (Quick)  Van 
Nuys,  in  line  of  their  son  John. 

5_5  JOHN  VAN  NICE  was  born  near  Millstone,  Som- 
erset County  New  Jersey,  November  30,  1772,  and  emi- 
grated to  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  with  his  parents  in 
1791.  There,  in  1796,  he  married  Alice  Letitia  Canine, 
known  to  her  relatives  in  after  years  as  "Aunt  Allie", 
altho'  in  the  record  of  their  marriage  license  in  the  clerk's 
office  at  Harrodsburg  the  name  is  "Letty  Canine"  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Peter  and  Christiena  (Sebering  or  Sec- 
ern) Canine,  and  was  baptized  February  18,  1780.  (See 
Cornelius  Canine).  Her  brother,  Richard  Canine,  mar- 
ried Charity  Van  Nuys,  sister  of  John. 

John  and  Letitia  Van  Nice  moved  to  Indiana,  in  1833 
or  '34,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Montgomery  County.  He 
died  there,  September  10,  1843.  His  widow  died  March 
8,  1868.  They  lived  and  died  faithful  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Pioneers  in  two  states,  they  never 
lost  sight  of  the  fact  that  they  were  laying  the  founda- 
tion of  the  intellectual  and  moral  as  well  as  the  material 
welfare  of  their  descendants,  and  sacrifices  were  cheer- 
fully made  to  secure  to  them  educational  and  religious  ad- 
vantages. 

They  had  twelve  children  three  of  whom  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

1_6  CHRISTINA  (TINY)  VAN  NICE, 
daughter  of  John  and  Letitia,  was  born  in  Mercer  County, 
Kentucky,  August  11,  1797,  and  was  married  on  Dec. 
21,  1820,  to  Stephen  Hankins,  who  was  born  in  Virginia 
in  1785.  They  came  to  Indiana  with  ox  teams  about  1828, 
and  settled  on  land  between  Indianapolis  and  Southport. 
Tiny  Hankins,  died  there  in  February,  1838.  He  died 
August  31,  1873. 

Children : 
1..7  JOHN   VAN  NICE   HANKINS,  born   September   9. 


NOTE — The  first  figure  indicates  order  in  the  family;   the  second 
indicates  the  number  of  the  generation  in  America. 


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1821,  married  Martha  Smithers,  near  Southport, 
May  30.  1855.  There  he  died.  His  widow  lives  in 
Indianapolis.     No  children. 

2_7  MARY  ANN  HANKINS,  born  in  September,  1823, 
married  Jackson  Harris,  November  5,  1844.  They 
lived  at  Madison,  Indiana.  No  record  received. 

3_7  WILLIAM  PRESTON  HANKINS,  born  February  13, 
1825,  married  first,  Mary  Evans,  September  22,  iS46, 
and  second,  Martha  Jane  Stuck,  on  February  12, 
1857.  She  was  born  September  23,  1836.  He  was 
an  excellent  citizen,  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  black- 
smith by  trade.  They  lived  at  Southport,  where  he 
died  September  11,  1889.  All  their  children  were 
born  and  married  at  Southport.  His  widow  lives  with 
her  daughter  Martha,  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8  SARAH   MARGARET   HANKINS,   born   January 

1858,  married   John   Messersmith.     They  live  at 
Broadripple,  Indiana. 

2_8  SUSAN    NANCY    HANKINS,    born    August    10, 

1859,  married  John  Thomas  in  1879.     They  live 
in  Chicago. 

Children: 

1_9   Ora  Thomas,  born  May  15,  1880,  married  Chris- 
tina Henzen,  on  October  5,  1901.     They  live  in 
Chicago. 
Children : 

1_10  Raymond  Thomas,  born  May  11,  1902. 
2_10   Charles  Thomas,  born  Nov.  7,  1903. 
3_10  John  Thomas,  born  Nov.  21,  1905. 
4_10  LeRoy  Thomas,  born  Nov.  15,  1907. 
5_6_7_10    (Triplets)    Evelyn,    Roger,    and  Chris- 
tina, born  Sept.  9,  1909,  died  the  same  month. 
8_10  Elaine  Thomas,  born  Sept.  6,  1910. 
9_10  Florence  Thomas,  born  Aug.  19,  1912,  died 
Aug.  31,  1916. 
2_9   Mabel  Thomas,  daughter    of  John    and  Susan 
N.  Thomas,  was  born  Sept.  3,   1882,  and  died 
Sept.  23,  1883. 
3_9   Charles  Thomas  was  born  December  20,  1884, 
and    on    June    23,    1905,    was  married  to  Rose 
Marie  Lavezzi,  who  was  born  in  Chiago,  Aug.  3, 
1884.     Thev  live  in  Chicago. 


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Children : 

1_10  Louefla  Kathryzl  Thomas,  born  on  Jan.  25, 

1907,  died  March  24,  1908. 
2_10  La  Verne  M.  Thomas,  born  Jan.  23,  1910. 
4_9  John  Thomas,  son  of  John  and  Susan  N.,  was 
born   on  October  29,   1890,  and  married  Jessie 
Harvey.     They    live    in    Irving  Park,  Chicago. 
One  son, 
1_10   Harvey  Thomas. 
5_9  Bessie  May  Thomas,  born  Nov.  2,  1894,  married 

Porter  Corbin,  and  lives  in  Indianapolis. 
Children: 

1_10  Lillian  Corbin,  born  July  26,  1912. 
2_10   Infant  who  died. 
8_8  JOHN  WILLIAM  HANKINS,  son  of  Wm.  P.  and 
Martha,  was  born  December  7,  1860,  and  married 
Etta  Root,  who  was  born  at  Franklin,  Ind..  De- 
cember 29,  1866.     He  is  in  the  employ  of  a  rail- 
road in  Indianapolis,  and  is  a  Republican.    They 
are  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church.     One  daughter. 
1_9   Dessie  Seville  Hankins.  born  Jan.  26,  1902. 
4_8   MARY  ANN  HANKINS.  born  September  8.  1862. 
married  John  Bryant.     They  live  in  Indianapolis. 
Children:   Grace  Bryant,  Roy  Bryant,  Lena  Bry- 
ant, Clarence  Bryant. 
5_8  ISABELLA  HANKINS,  born  Aug.  10,  1864,  died 

Sept.  2,  1865. 
6_8   CHARLES  LEWIS  HANKINS,  son  of  Wm.  Preston 
and  Martha  Jane,  was  born  March  30,  1866,  and 
married  Effie  J.  Smith,  March  2,  18S9.     They  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Church.     He  is  in  the 
creamerv  business  with  his  onlv  son, 
1_9  Raymond  Clifford  Hankins,  born  April  13,  1890, 
who   married    on   August   31,    1909,    Ola   Belle 
Weakley. 
7_8  LILY  MAY  HANKINS,  born  May  17,  1868,  was 
married  May  11,  1885,  to  William  Lewis  Cogill. 
They  were  Baptists  and  lived  on  a  farm  in  Marion 
County,   Indiana.      She   died   July   5,    1912.      The 
Cogill  family  now  live  in  Indianapolis. 
Children  : 

1_9  Mary  Ellen  Cogill,  born  Dec.  31,  1885,  married 
Thomas  Crafton,  April  26,  1910.  He  was  born 
in  Kentucky. 


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Children : 

1_10  Carl  Grafton,  born  Jan.  31,  1911. 
2_10  Frances  Irene  Grafton,  born  May  4,  1912, 
3_10  Raymond  Grafton,  born  April  20,  1914. 
2_9  Samuel  Cogill,  born  May  26,  1888. 
3_9  Harry   Cogill.   born   at   Moorsville,   Ind.,   Sept 

17,  1890. 
4_9  Bessie  Cogill,  born  at  Southport,  December  13, 
1892,   married    Raymond    Hastings,    November 
19,  1913.     He  died  May  21,  1916.     One  son, 
1_10  Russell  Le  Rov  Hastings,    born    September 
16,  1915,  died  March  1,  1916. 
o_9  Edward  Cogill,  born  July  9.  1896. 
6_9  Edna  Cogill,  born  Oct.  24,  1898. 
7_9   William,  born  Nov.  4,  1899. 
8_9  Leroy,  born  Oct.  29,  1902. 
10_9   John,  born  Sept.  24,  1906. 
11_9  Two  children  died  in  infancy. 
8_8  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  HANKINS,  born  April 

23,  1870,  died  November  23,  1874. 
9_8   MARTHA  ELLEN  HANKINS.  daughter    of  Wil- 
liam P.  and  Martha,  was  born  April  18,  1873,  and 
was  married  February  25,   1891,  to   Wm.   David 
Surface,  who  was  born  May  7,  1870.    They  live  on 
a  farm  near  Franklin,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_9  Pearl  May  Surface,  born  Jan.  11,  1892,  married 

Robert  Eck,  July  4,  1916. 
2_9  Nellie  Belle  Surface,  born  November  22,  1894. 
3_9  Leonard  Harold  Surface,  born  June  30,  1900. 
4_9  Son,  born  and  died  April  15,  1906. 
5_9  Ralph  Leon  Surface,  born  May  6,  1908. 
4. .7  ISAAC  RICE  HANKINS,  son  of  Stephen  and  Chris- 
tina Hankins,  was  born  January  2,  1827.     He  lived 
on  the     original     Stephen  Hankins  farm,     and  died 
there  in  January,  1912. 
5_7  ELIZA  JANE  HANKINS,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Tina,  was  born  January  7,  1829,  and  was  married 
June  1,  1853,  to  Levi  Sutherland.     She  died  Septem- 
ber 7,  1861. 
Children: 
1_8  LUSSIE  SUTHERLAND 
2_8  SYLVANACE  SUTHERLAND 


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3_8   CORNELIA  SUTHERLAND. 
6_7  SARAH  MARGARET  HANKINS,  daughter  of  Steph 
en  and  Christina,  and  born  November  25,  1830.  was 
married  October  2,  1856,  to  Jacob  Grube,  Jr.,  son  of 
Jacob  and  Anna  Ream  Grube,  who  came  to  Indiana 
from  Lancaster  County,  Pennsylvania,  in   1S38. 
Children : 
1_8  ALICE  GRUBE,  married  William  Schoonover.  He 
died,  leaving  two  children.     She  now  lives  in  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 
Children: 

1_9  Pearl  Schoonover. 
2_9  Frank  Schoonover. 
2_8   Child  who  died  young. 
7_7  SUSAN  NANCY  HANKINS.  born  February  9.  1833. 
was  married  to  Levi  Sutherland,  after  the  death  of 
his  first  wife,  who  was  her  sister. 
Children : 
1_8   GUYULA  SUTHERLAND. 
2_8  ELLA  SUTHERLAND 
3_8  EDWARD  SUTHERLAND 
8_7   CHARITY  ELLEN  HANKINS,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Tina,  was  born  April  29,   1835,  and  was  mar- 
ried on  July  14,  1857,  to  Wm.  R.  Robins.    They  lived 
at  Thorntown,  Indiana,  where  she  died  May  6,  1859. 
No  children. 
9_7  A  SON,  born  February  12,  1838,  died  Feb.  15.  1838. 

2_6  MARY  (POLLY)  VAN  NICE, 
daughter  of  John  and  Letitia  A.  (Canine)  Van  Nice,  was 
born  September  23,  1800,  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky, 
and  was  married  in  Montgomery  County,  Indiana,  on 
January  13,  1835,  to  William  Young,  son  of  John  and 
Margaret  (Galbraith)  Young,  who  was  born  December 
24,  1790  in  Hawkins  County,  Tennessee,  on  the  old  Young 
homestead,  which  consisted  of  1500  acres,  situated  in  the 
Carter  River  Valley,  between  Rogersville  and  Bristol.  He 
had  been  first  married  December  8,  1814  to  Jane  E.  Rut- 
ledge  of  Virginia,  who  was  born  April  1,  1793,  and  they 
lived  five  years  in  that  state,  and  afterward  in  Hawkins 
County,  Tennessee.  In  1829,  however,  they  emigrated  to 
Boone  County,  Indiana,  where  Jane  Rutledge  Young  died 
September  4,  1830,  leaving  five  children.  The  wife  of 
one  of  these,  Mrs.  William  Carroll  Young,  is  still  living, 


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at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years,  and  she  testifies  to  the  fi- 
delity with  which  Polly  Van  Nice  cared  for  them  after 
her  marriage  to  William  Young.     They  were: 

1.  Eliza  Ann  Young,  born  May  17,  1817. 

2   William  Carroll  Young,  born  June  4,  1319. 

3.  Margaret  Jane  Young,  born  February  9,  1823. 

4.  Edward  Rutlcdge  Young,  born  April  15,  1825. 

5.  Robert  Finley  Young,  bora  January  G,  1827. 

Mrs.  William  C.  Young  has  a  counterpane  made  by 
Jane  Rutledge  Yroung  in  Virginia  which  is  over  one  hun- 
dred years  old.  It  is  a  marvel  of  fine  needlework,  and  is 
still  in  excellent  condition — one  of  several  heirlooms  of 
which  she  is  justly  proud.  The  father,  William  Young. 
died  October  31  .i860,  and  Mary  Van  Nice  Young  died 
May  13,  1887.  They  are  buried  in  Shannondale  Ceme- 
tery. 

Children : 
1_7  JOHN    VAN   NICE    YOUNG,   born    December    17. 
1836,  married  Elizabeth  Ann  Caldwell,    who    was 
from  Tennessee.    She  died  in  Boone  County,  Indiana. 
He  is  living  on  the  farm    entered    by  his  father  in 
1829,  twelve  miles  east  of  Crawfordsville. 
Children : 
1_8   ALONZO  YOUNG,  born  April  25,  1859,  married 
February  28,  1882,  Josephine  La  Follette,  daugh- 
ter of  Jacob  La  Follette,  a  cousin  of  Harvey  M.  La 
Follette.     The  La  Follette  family  are  of  French 
extraction,  and  have  been  prominently  identified 
with  the  history  of  Montgomery  County  for  sev- 
eral generations.    Their  annual  reunions  at  Craw- 
fordsville, lure  members  of  the  "clan"  from  coast 
to  coast,  on  each  recurrence.     Alonzo  Young  is  a 
farmer  living  east  of  Crawfordsville.     They  are 
members  of  the  Christian  Church. 
Children : 

1_9  Florence  Young,  born  February  16,  1883,  was 
married  on  September  14,  1809,  to  Rev.  E.  W. 
Corn,  who  is  now  pastor  of  the  Dunmore  Chris- 
tian Church  at  Scranton,  Penn. 
Children  : 

1_10   Mildred  Corn,  born  April  17,  1911,  in  Wash- 
ington. 
2_10  Nina  Belle  Corn,  born  December  9,  1912. 


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2_9   Clay  Young,  born  Feb.  20,  1884,  is  not  married. 
3_9  Everett    Young,    born  July   14.    1886,   married 
Dorothy  Clore,  September  4,  1907.  No  children. 
4_9   Earl  Young    (Twin  to  Everett). 
5_9  Wesley  Young,  born  March  15,  1891,  was  mar- 
ried   September    12,    1912,    to   Grace   Serings. 
They  live  near  Crawfordsville,     One  child. 
1_10  Russell  Young,  born  August  12,  1913. 
2_8   ADDISON  YOUNG,  son  of  John  V.  and  Elizabeth, 

died  in  infancy. 
3_8   OMER  YOUNG,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried first,  Annie  Alford,  and  second,  Elsie  Grah- 
am.    He  lives  in  Portland,   Oregon.     By  a  third 
wife  he  has  two 
Children : 

1_9  John  Van  Nice  Young,  Jr. 
2_9   Anna  Lee  Young. 
4_8  LOUISA  YOUNG,  only  daughter  of  John  V.  and 
Elizabeth  Young,  died  unmarried,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-six  years. 
5_8  EDWARD  YOUNG,  married  Minnie  Hytes.     They 
live  at  North  Yakima,  Washington. 
Children : 

1_9   Jessie  May  Young. 
2_9   Anna  Louise  Young. 
6_8  Lee  Young,  who  married  Nellie  Burroughs,  lives 
with  his  father,  John  V.  Young,  near  Shannondale. 
One  child, 
1_9   Marion  Young. 
2_7   GEORGE  THOMAS  YOUNG,    son  of  William    and 
Mary  Van  Nice  Young,  was  born  in  Boone  Count;/, 
Indiana,  April  12,  1841,  and  married,  September  11, 
1862,  at  Lebanon.  Indiana,  Margaret  Catharine  Bur- 
roughs.   She  was  the  daughter  of  Uriel  and  Leanna 
(Bramblett)    Burroughs,  and  was  born  August   12, 
1845,  in  Montgomery  County,    Indiana.     She    died 
October  5,  1910.     George  Young  is  still  living.     He 
owns  a  splendid  farm  in  Boone  Countv,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8   CORNELIA  CATHARINE  YOUNG,  born  August 
12,  1865,  was  married  January  4,  1885,  in  Boone 
County,  to  James  D.  Endicott,  born  in  Lebanon, 
Indiana,  and  a  son  of  William  and  Mary   (Harl- 


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and)  Endicott.  He  was  a  farmer  until  1907,  when 
they  moved  to  Lebanon,  where  he  worked  at  his 
trade  of  cabinet-maker.  He  now  lives  in  Shan- 
nondale.  Cornelia  Endicott  died  August  3,  1908.  at 
Lebanon.  Their  children  were  all  born  in  Boone 
County. 

1_9  Ralph  Lee  Endicott,  died  in  infancy. 
2_9  Jessie  Ino  Endicott,  born  January  28,  1890.  was 
married  at  Lebanon,  April   10,   1909,  to  Orien 
Buren  Swiggett.     They  live  in  Lebanon,  where 
he  is  a  carpenter  and  contractor.     Two 
Children : 

1_10  James  Perry  Swiggett.  born  June  29,  1910. 
2_10   Martha  Jane  Swiggett,  born  July  2,   1913. 
3_9   Otis  Elbert  Endicott,  born  May  16,  1892. 
4_9   Clarence  Harland  Endicott.  born  Feb.  2,  1895. 
o_9   Mary   Catharine   Endicott,   born   December  21, 
1897,  married  Asher  Cox,  January  19,  1910,  in 
Lebanon.  They  live  near  Shannondale,  Indiana, 
where  he  is  a  farmer. 
6_9  Edith  Evelyn  Endicott.  born  July  26,  1900. 
7_9   Clayton  Doras  Endicott  was  born  May  16,  1904. 
.8   MARY  MYRTLE  YOUNG    was  born    September 
22,  1866,  and  was  married  March  8,  1835,  to  Allen 
Thompson  Campbell,  son  of  Michael  Dickey  and 
Martha    (Harris)    Campbell.     He   was  born   near 
Thorntown,  Indiana,  July  22,  1862,  where  he  lived 
until  1883,  when  he  moved  to  Hildreth,  Nebraska, 
where  he  was  a  grain  dealer.    He  died  February 
14,  1902. 
Children: 

1_9   Mary  Blanche  Campbell,  born  at  Dunbar,  Ne- 
braska, February  20,  1886,  married  Grover  T. 
Intermill,  February  15,  1912,  at  Sterling,  Coio- 
rado.     He  is  a  farmer  and  merchant  at  Haxtum, 
Colorado!     One  son, 
1_10  John  Thomas  Intermill,  born  April  15,  1913, 
died  October  10,  1914. 
2_9  Rossie  Villa  Campbell,  born  January  16,  1889, 
was  a  teacher  at  Spokane,  Washington,  prior  to 
her  marriage  on  May  7,  1910,  to  Victor  Stephen 
Crane.     He  is  a  son    of  Thomas    and  America 
Crane,  prominent  among  the  farmers  of  Boone 


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County.     He  is  a  farmer  and  dairy-man  living 
at  Crane  Farm  near  Lebanon,  Indiana, 
Children: 

1_10   Marian  Elizabeth  Crane,  born  Jan.  7,  1911, 
2_10  Lois  Ruth  Crane,  born  June  17,  1913. 
3_9  Lois  Ruth  Campbell  born  December  1,  1890,  is 
a  teacher  of  Domestic  Science  and  Arts  at  Jas- 
per, Indiana. 
4_9  Allen  George  Campbell,  born  February  5,  1894, 
at  Hildreth,  Nebraska,  married  Mary  E.  Long. 
March  7,  1914,  at  Danville,  III.     He  is  a  farmer, 
living  on  part  of  the  George  T.  Young  farm  in 
Boone  County. 
Children : 

1_10  Richard  Allen  Campbell,  born  Dec.  8,  1915. 
2_10  George  Thompson  Campbell,  born  Feb.  14, 
1916. 
5_9   Michael    Dickey    Campbell,    born  October  13, 
1895,  married  Edna  D.  Sprong,  August  18,  1914. 
at  Lebanon,  Indiana.     He  is  a  farmer  in  Boone 
County.     One  Child, 
1_10  Dorothy  Virginia   Compbell,  born  July   12, 
1915. 
6_9  Iro    Burroughs    Campbell,    born    December    4, 
1897. 
8-8  OTIS  URIEL  YOUNG,  son  of  Geo.  T.  and  Margar- 
et, was  born  November  14,  1868,     and     married 
Elzada  Sandford,  daughter  of  Samuel  Sandford. 
He  is    owner    of  a  fine  farm    in  Jefferson  Town- 
ship, Boone  County,  Indiana,  where  he  has  long 
served  as  a  trustee. 
Children : 

1_9   Riel  Alva  Young,  born    May  1,  1893,    married 
Eva   Grimes,    daughter    of  Bloomneld  Grimes, 
August,  1915.     They  live  on  a  farm  in  Boone 
County,  and  have  one  child, 
1_10   Claire  Riel  Young,  born  May,  1916. 
2_9  Nellie  Grav  Young,  born  March  15,  1895,  mar- 
ried Samuel  C.  Reynolds,  January  1,  1913.  They 
live  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana,    where    he  has  a 
restaurant.     Thev  have  one  child. 
1_10   Herbert  Carl  Revnolds,  born  April  23,  1914. 
3_9   William  Wayne  Young,  born  July  9,  1897. 


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4_9  Son  bcrn  Jan.  7,  1900.  died  in  infancy. 
4_8  FREDERIC    YOUNG,    born    December  14,   1870, 

died  January  5.  1871. 
5_8  JENNIE     MAUD     YOUNG,    born   December   23. 

1871,  died  in  May.  1871. 
6_8  NORA  BRAMBLETT  YOUNG,  daughter  of  Geo. 
T.  and  Margaret,  was  born  August  10,  1874.     She 
is  a  teacher  in  Lebanon,  Indiana. 
7_8   MALINDA  BURROUGHS  YOUNG,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 4,  1877,  and  was  a  teacher  before  her  mar- 
riage on  June  19,  1901,  to  Dr.  Aubrey  Leighton 
Loop,  son  of  Henry  and  Jane  Cunningham  Loop, 
one  of  Boone   County's   old    established    families. 
Dr.  Loop  took  courses  at  Wabash  and  Butler  Col- 
leges and   received   his  M.   D.   degree  at   Indiana 
Medical   College.     He  located   at  Economy,  Indi- 
ana, where  he  is  still  practicing  his  profession. 
Children  : 

1_9   Margaret  Jane  Loop,  born  April  7,  1902. 
2_9   Aubrey  Young  Loop,  born  Sept.  14,  1910. 
8_8   MARGARET    EVELYN    YOUNG,     daughter    of 
Geo.    T.    and    Margaret,  was  born  September  5. 
1880,  and  was  married  October  19,  1904,  to  Rich- 
ard    Carl    Beerly,     son    of     Edward    and    Mary 
(Woody)  Beerly.     He  was  born  April  19,  1881,  in 
Boone  County.     In  these  clays  of  frequent  migra- 
tions and  removals,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that 
the  farm  where  they  now  live,  is  a  part  of  that 
"entered"  from  the  government  by  Mrs.  Beerly's 
grandfather,  William  Young,  when  he  came  to  In- 
diana, in  1829. 
Children : 

1_9  Thomas  Edward  Beerley,  born  March  29.  1908. 
2_9  Leanna  Beerlev.  born  May  6,  1913. 
9_8  SON,  born  December  31,  1884,  died  Jan.  27,  1885. 
3_6   ANN  VAN  NICE, 
daughter    of    John    and  Letitia,    was  born  November  8. 
1801,  in  Kentucky,  and  died  unmarried,  in  Indiana,  No- 
vember 29,  1892.  at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years.     This 
"Aunt  Ann"  preserved  a  list  of  the  names  of  the  children 
of  her  grandparents.  Isaac  and  Flora   (Quick)  Van  Nuys, 
giving  them  in  the  order  followed  in  this  record,  and  tell- 
ing whom  most  of  them  married,  but  she  gave  no  dates. 


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As  far  as  dates  of  birth  have  been  ascertained  they  con- 
firm the  order  in  which  she  arranged  the  names  of  the 
ten.  Their  names  and  those  of  their  children  were  ob- 
tained from  other  sources  also,  but  to  her  is  due  the  credit 
for  knowledge  of  their  order  in  the  family  according  to 
age.  The  list  was  furnished  by  Mrs.  Clara  La  Follette 
Nash,  of  Spokane,  Washington. 

4_6   CHARITY  VAN  NICE, 
daughter  of  John  and  Letitia,  married  William  Schooler. 

Children : 
1_7  JOHN  SCHOOLER.  He  married,  and  one  of  his  sons, 
1_8  CLIFFORD    SCHOOLER,    lives    at    Portsmouth, 
Virginia. 
2_7  ISAAC  SCHOOLER,  twin  of  John,  married  in  Vir- 
ginia, Louisa  Herndon.     He  died  there  after  the  civil 
war.     One  son  lives  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
1_8  JOHN  SCHOOLER,  who  is  married  and  has  chil- 
dren.   Names  not  known. 
3_7  ELIZABETH   ANN  SCHOOLER,   born  January  25, 
1836,    married    William  H.  Scott.  March  20,   1860. 
She  died  January  13,   1910.     They  lived   at  Craw- 
fordsville,  Indiana,  and  all  their  children  who  are 
living  now  reside  there. 
Children : 
1_8  NELLIE  CLAY  SCOTT,  born  May  22,  1862,  died 

February  20,  1910. 
2_8  LULA   MAY  SCOTT,  born  April   14,    1865,  died 

November  19,  1880. 
3_8  ANNA  MYRTAL  SCOTT,  born  March  20,   1868, 
married  Clinton  E.  Crane,  March  20,  1888.    They 
live  in  Crawfordsville. 
Children : 

1_9   Carl  Scott  Crane,  born  March  27,  1893. 
2_9  Herbert  Clinton  Crane,  born  July  22,  1901. 
4_8  FRANK  HUGH  SCOTT,  born  December  10,  1870, 
married  Allie  McMahan,  January  31,  1900.     He 
is  in  the  United  States  Mail  Service  at  Crawfords- 
ville.    One  daughter, 
1_9   Frances  Crane  Scott,  born  June  6,  1904. 
5_8  FRANCES  ELLEN  SCOTT,  daughter  of  Wm.  H. 
and  Elizabeth  Scott,  was  born  February  9,  1873, 
and  died  in  May,  1889. 


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G_8  ROSE  BELLE  SCOTT,  was  born  February  11, 
1S75,  and  on  May  10,  1903,  was  married  to  Law- 
rence Long.     One  son, 

1_9  Robert  Scott  Long,  born  February  19,  1904. 
7_8  SUSAN  GENEVRA  SCOTT,  born  Feb.  26,  1878. 
8_8  HOWARD  HORTON  SCOTT,  born  September  11, 
1880,  married  Jane  McCarthy,  July  24,  1902.  He 
died  November  21,  1911. 

Children: 

1_9  Robert  Scott,  born  Jan.  10,  1904. 

2_9  Elizabeth  Scott,  born  Jan.  29,  1905. 

3_9  Helen  Scott,  born  Dec.  30,  1907. 

4_9  Howard  Scott,  born  Nov.  3,  1911. 
4_7  HUGH  WILSON  SCHOOLER,  who  died  unmarried. 
5_7  WILLIAM  SCHOOLER. 
6_7  HENRY  CLAY  SCHOOLER.     He  married  and  both 

died,  leaving  no  children. 

5_6  ISAAC  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  John  and  Letitia  A.  (Canine)  Van  Nice,  was  born 
near  Lexington,  Kentucky,  April  18,  1806,  and  married 
Elizabeth  W.  Jones,  who  was  born  June  29,  1812.  A  few 
years  after  their  marriage  they  went  to  Indiana  and  lo- 
cated on  a  farm  in  Montgomery  County,  not  far  from 
Crawfordsville.  where  they  remained  until  1852,  when 
they  moved  to  Henry  County,  Illinois.  Here  Elizabeth 
Jones  Van  Nice  died,  November  10,  1868,  and  in  1870, 
the  family  removed  to  Missouri,  settling  near  Lamar. 
Isaac  Van  Nice  died  September  24,  1884,  leaving  an  hon- 
ored name  and  a  life  of  good  works. 

Children : 
1-7  SARAH  E.  VAN  NICE,  born  July  5,  1829,  married 

Joseph  Rutledge,  and  died  soon  thereafter,  May  16, 

1851. 
2_7  SUSAN  M.  VAN  NICE,    born    December  24,  1830, 

lives  at  Waukon,  Iowa,  with  her  brother,  Rev.  R.  L. 

Van  Nice. 
3_7  JOHN  C.  VAN  NICE,  born  August  25,   1832,  died 

October  18,  1859.     No  further  record. 
4_7  PETER  THOMAS  VAN  NICE,  born  April  22,  1834, 

married  Sarah  Duncan,  in  Illinois,  where  they  lived 

some  years  before  going  to  Topeka,  Kansas,  where 

he  was  manager  of  a  clothing  store.    Sarah  Van  Nice 

died  in  Topeka,  December  24,  1914,  and  Peter  T.,  is 


2 0  8  V A  N  N 0  VS  FA M I L  Y  II ISTO R  V 


now  living  with  his  son,  P.  B.  Van  Nice,  at  Portland, 
Oregon. 
Children: 
1_8   MARION  E.  VAN  NICE,  born  at  Freeport.  Illinois, 
February  5,  1864,  was  married  in  Topeka,  Kansas, 
January  29,  1889,  to  Samuel  F.  Taylor.     He  is  a 
retired  merchant.     They  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  in  Corydou,  Iowa,    where    they 
now  reside.      One  daughter, 
1_9  Ruth  Taylor,  born  at  Gravity,  la..  June  22,  1890. 
2_8  WALTER    J.    VAN  NICE,    born  in  1868,  died  in 

1900,  unmarried. 
3_8  WAYLAND  DUNCAN  VAN  NICE  ,born  Febru- 
ary 11,  1869,  in  Galesburg,  Illinois,  was  married 
in'Bedford,  Iowa,  August  23.  1892.  to  Henrietta 
Johnston,  who  was  born  at  Gravity,  Iowa,  Janu- 
ary 11,  1872.  They  lived  in  Topeka,  Kansas, 
where  he  was  a  salesman.  He  died  in  Pueblo, 
Colorado,  December  12,  1901.  His  widow  resides 
at  Gravity.  They  were  members  of  the  M.  E. 
Church. 
Children : 

1.9  Naomi  Van  Nice,  born  March  12,  1894,  in  To- 
peka.    She  is  a  sales  clerk  in  a  store  there. 
2_9   Walter  Scott  Van  Nice,  born  Feb.  9.  1896.  He 

is  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking  business. 
3_9  Bernice  Van  Nice,  born  August  27,  1898. 
4_8  PHILIP  B.  VAN  NICE,  (Purl)  born  in  Galesburg, 
Illinois,  April  20.  1876.  was  married  at  Portland. 
Oregon.  August  1,  1906.  to  Lulu  Hawley,  who  was 
born  at  Portland,  April  12,   1886.     He  is  in  the 
real  estate  business  in  Portland,  Oregon.  Two  sens, 
1_9   Howard  H.  Van  Nice,  born  Jan.  21,  1908. 
2_9  Robert  L.  Van  Nice,  born  March  9,  1910. 
5_7  ISAAC  N.  VAN  NICE,  born  June  7,  1836,  died  Sep- 
tember 22,  1837. 
6_7   WILLIAM  J.  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth 
(Jones)  Van  Nice,  was  born  February  17,  1838,  near 
Crawfordsville.  Indiana,  and  was  married  at  Galva, 
Illinois,  December  24,  1866,  to  Nellie  R.  Poland,  who 
was  born  in  Parishville,  New  York.    She  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Philander  and  Lucinda    (Allen)    Boland, 
who  were  both  natives  of  Vermont,  but  removed  to 


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New  York,  after  their    marriage,    thence  to  Galva, 
Illinois.     William  J.  Van  Nice     was  a  teacher     for 
many  years,  and  was  principal  of  Bishop  Hill  schools 
for  some  time.     He  served  as  sheriff  of  Henry  Coun- 
ty, Illinois  for  several  years.     They  afterward  mov- 
ed to  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  where  he  met  a  violent 
death,  December  6,  1888.     Nellie  R.  Van  Nice  then 
moved  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where  she  still  resides. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church. 
Children : 
1_8  EMMA  ELIZABETH  VAN  NICE,  born  at  Bishop 
Hill,  Illinois,  January  5,  1870.     was     married  in 
1893,  to  Geo.  A.  Hunt.     She  is  associated  with  her 
sister  Louise  in  business  in  Denver,  and  the  firm 
of  Hunt  and  Van  Nice,  art  specialists,  is  widely 
known  throughout  the  west. 
Children: 

1_9  Winifred  Bell  Hunt 
2_9  Ralph  Van  Nice  Hunt. 
3_9   Glenn  A.  Hunt. 
4_9   Genevieve  A.  Hunt. 
5_9   Marion  E.  Hunt. 
6_9  Barbara  E.  Hunt. 
2_8  WILLIAM  JONES  VAN  NICE,  born  October  27, 
1874,  at  Bishop  Hill,  Illinois,  married  Elizabeth 
Morgan,  in  Denver,  Colorado.     He  is  a  wholesale 
merchant  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
Children : 

1_9  William  Jones  Van  Nice,  Jr. 
2_9  Louise  L.  Van  Nice. 
3_9  Harry  B.  Van  Nice. 
3_8  LOUISE    LUCINDA     VAN  NICE,  born  June   11, 

1878,  has  an  art  store  in  Denver,  Colorado. 
4_8  HARRY  ISAAC  VAN  NICE,     born     January  9, 
1880,  in  Bishop  Hill,  Illinois,  died  March  19,  1881. 
5_8   MAUD  V.  VAN  NICE,  born  July  31,  1881,  was 
married  in  Denver,  September  12,  1900,  to  George 
Montgomery. 
Children  : 

1_9   Helen  Louise  Montgomery. 
2_9  Alice  Aneta  Montgomery. 
3_9  Robert  Lewis  Montgomery. 


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T_7  JAMES  F.  VAN  NICE,  M.  D.,  son  of  Isaac  and  Eliza- 
beth, was  born  November  15,  1839,  near  Crawfords- 
villle,  Indiana,  and  married  Amelia  Lindsay,  May  15, 
1867.     He  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine 
at  Bishop  Hill,  Illinois,  for    many    years,    and  died 
there  May  25,  1916.     His  wife  and  only  son,  Elbert, 
had  preceded  him  to  the  beyond  several  years.  El- 
bert Van  Nice  was  a  talented  musician. 
8_7  RICHARD  B.  VANNICE  was  born  near  Crawfords- 
ville,  Indiana,  October  30,  1841,  and  went  with  his 
father  to  Illinois  in   1852.     But  in  1870,  when  the 
family    moved    to     Missouri,   he   went  to   Hastings, 
Minnesota.     He  married  Ruth  Ella  Day,  at  Charles 
City,  Iowa,  September  3,  1873.     They  lived  at  Hast- 
ings until  1880,  when  they  moved  to  Hector,  Minne- 
sota, thence  in  1900.  to  Seattle,  Washington,  where 
he  died  June  14,  1912. 
Children : 
1_8  HAROLD    U.    VANNICE   was   born   at   Hastings, 
Minnesota,  January  11,  1875,  and  went  with  his 
parents     to  Seattle  in  1900.     He  married     Mary 
Catharine    Gamble    (Canadian   born)    March    19, 
1904.     He  is  a  clerk  in  the  Water  Department  of 
the  city  of  Seattle,  Washington.     One  son, 
1_9  Leslie  Edwin  Vannice,  born  Jan.  4.  1912. 
2_8  ETHEL  AMY  VAN  NICE,  born  April   17,   1881, 
was  married  in  Seattle.  January  30,  1909,  to  Burt 
C.  Cook.     He  died  in  1913.  She  is  living  in  Seattle. 
9_7  LUTHER  D.  VAN  NICE,  born  November  30,  1843, 

died  May  1,  1848. 
10_7  AMBROSE  P.  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Isaac  and  Eliza- 
beth, born  January  8,   1846,  is  sales  representative 
for  a  Chicago  business  firm.     In  1870    he    married 
Sophia  Errett,  who  died  May,  1915.  in  Englewood, 
Chicago,  where  the  family  still  reside. 
Children  : 
1_8  ERRETT  I.  VAN  NICE,  who  is  married  and  lives 
at  7701  South  Peoria  St.,  Chicago. 
Children  : 

1_9  Errett  Van  Nice 
2_9  James  Van  Nice. 
3_9  Anna  Van  Nice. 


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2_8  REN  A   VAN  NICE,  who  married  George  Webb, 

and  lives  in  Chicago. 
3_8  AIMEE  PEARL  VAN  NICE,  who  is  head  of  a  de- 
partment in  Denison's  Art  Store. 
1 1  _7  LUCY  A.  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Eliza- 
beth, was  born  January  30,  1848,  and  when  but  four 
years    of    age    was    taken  by  her  parents  to  Henry 
County,  Illinois.     Thence  she  went  with  them  to  La- 
mar, Missouri,  where  in  September,   1872,  she  was. 
married  to  E.  R.  Slocum,  and  went  to  live  near  Fon- 
tanelle,  la.     In  1893,  in  order  to  give  their  children 
the  benefit  of  Simpson  College,  they  moved  to  In- 
dianola,  where  Mr.  Slocum  died  in  1895.    Since  1907 
Lucy  Slocum  has  lived  in  Fort  Collins,  Colorado. 
Children : 
1_8   HATTIE  M.  SLOCUM,  born  in  1873,  died  in  Sep 

tember,  1S74. 
2_8  ROBERT  E.  SLOCUM,  born  in  December,   1874, 

married  Jennie  Coe  in  1905.     He  is  a  merchant  in 

Earlham.  Iowa.     One  daughter, 
l._9   Thelma  Slocum. 
3_8  LOUIS  I.  SLOCUM,  bom  February  4,   1877.  is  a 

farmer    at    Dover.    Weld  County,  Colorado.     Not 

married. 
4_8  LORENA  SLOCUM,  born  January  22,  1879.  was 

married  to  Frank  Blood,  in  1907.     They  reside  in 

Fort  Collins.   Colorado,   where   he   is  manager  of 

the  Golden  Rule  Store. 
Children: 

1_9  Edwin  Blood,  born  in  1908. 
2_9  Glenn  Blood,  born  in  1910. 
12_7  ROBERT  LITTLE  VAN  NICE,  youngest  son  of 
Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Van  Nice,  was  born  in 
Indiana,  October  15,  1850,  and  went  with  his  par- 
ents to  Illinois  and  then  to  Lamar,  Missouri.  He  was 
educated  at  Fulton,  Missouri.  In  1876  he 
entered  the  ministry,  in  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  served  important  pastor- 
ates at  Greenfield  and  Nevada,  Missouri.  He  was 
president  of  Ozark  College  for  some  years  before 
leaving  the  state.  On  January  15,  1879.  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Dora  L.  Fain,  who  was  bom  April  12,  1849. 
She  died  July  14,  1883,  and  he  was  married  again  on 


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February  10,  1885,  to  Ida  Turrentine,  who  was  born 
May  16,   1860,  and   was  a  daughter  of  Prof.  John 
and     Emma  Turrentine,     of  Marionville,   Missouri. 
About  1888  or  1889  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  First 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church  at  Waukon,  Iowa, 
and  he  has  been  the  popular  pastor  there  ever  since 
They  celebrated  a  few  years  ago  the  twenty-fifth 
anniversary  of  his  installation  in  that  congregation, 
which  meantime  had  become  a  unit  in  the  Presby- 
tearian  Church,  U.  S.  A.     R.  L.  Van  Nice  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  of  the  Masonic  order. 
Children:    (First  marriage) 
1_8   CHARLES  EDWIN  VAX  NICE,  born  in  Missouri, 
February  29.   1880,  married  in  December,   1911, 
Blanche  Louise  Yackee,  of  Roberts,  Illinois,  where 
they  now  reside.     He  is    a  writer    of    recognized 
ability.     One  child. 
1_9  John  Robert  Van  Nice,  born  in  August,  1915. 
2_8   CARRIE  ALICE  VAN  NICE,  was  born  and  died 
July  12,  1883. 
Children:   (Second  marriage) 
3_8  ROY  BLAKE  VAN  NICE,  born  in  Missouri,  De- 
cember 27,  1887,  was  married  in  Chicago.  Febru- 
ary 15,  1913,  to  Ada  Joy  Brown.     He  is  an  artist 
in  Chicago,  and  is  on  the  Tribune  Staff. 
4_8  DONALD  BURNEY  VAN  NICE,  born  October  21, 

1892,  at  Waukon,  Iowa,  died  August  26,  1895. 
5_8  JOHN    HORACE    VAN    NICE,    born    March    19, 
1895,  is  a  student  at  the  University  of  Iowa,  where 
he  has  shown  marked  literary  talent. 
6_6  JOHN  VAN  NICE, 
who  died  in  early  childhood. 

7_6  SARAH  VAN  NICE, 
daughter  of  John  and  Letitia  Van  Nice,  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky, June  9,  1809,  and  married  Christopher  Fullenwid- 
er,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky,  April  6,  1809.  They  lived 
near  Shannondale,  Montgomery  County,  Indiana,  and  she 
died  there,  December  31,  1855.  He  died  at  Cedar  Rap- 
ids, Iowa,  February  3,  1863. 

Children : 
1_7  JACOB  VAN  NUYS  FULLEN WIDER  was  born  at 
Shelbyville.  Ky„  Mar.  19,  1832,  and  was  married  at 
Darlington,  ind.,  Mar.  12,  1857,  to  Margaret  Wright 


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Parker,  who  was  born  in  Indiana,  February  26,  1837. 
He  was  a  physician,  and    they    spent  most    of  their 
lives  at  Middleport  and  Milford,  Illinois,  but  in  ]870 
they  removed  to  Paola,  Kansas,  thence  to  Longton, 
Kansas,  where  he  died  April  25,  1875.     His  widow 
died  at  La  Fayette,  Indiana,  June  5,  1887. 
Children : 
1_8  FREDERICK   FREMONT  FULLENWIDER,   bom 
at  Milford,  Illinois,  December  31,   1857,  died  at 
La  Fayette,  Indiana,  December  7,  1885. 
2_8  NELLIE     FULLENWIDER,     born     November     4, 
1860,        married        Orville        Payne        Johnson 
at      Mountain      Home,      Idaho,      on      November 
12,  1906.     They  have  homes  at  Boise,  Idaho,  and 
at  San  Diego,  California.     One  son, 
1_9   Orville  Payne  Johnson,   Jr.,   who  was  born  at 
Boise,  Idaho,  February  14,  1908,  and  died  there 
August  18,  1912. 
3_8  VIRGINIA  FULLENWIDER  was  born  at  Middle- 
port,  Illinois,  January  21,  1864,  and  died  there, 
October  2,  1864. 
4_8   ANNIE  ELIZABETH  FULLENWIDER,  was  born 
October    7,    1865,    and    was    married    at    Thorn- 
town.  Indiana,  February  8,  1888,  to  Harvey  Wade. 
Children: 
1_9  Frederick  Harrison  Wade,  born  November  24, 

1888. 
2_9  Harry  Van  Nuys  Wade,  born  April  8,  1902. 
5_8   HAROLD  KING  FULLENWIDER,  born  May  31, 

1867,  died  February  20,  1870. 
6_8   MAY    FULLENWIDER,    born    at  Paola,  Kansas, 

June  22,  1870.     She  is  a  teacher. 
7_8  BERTHA  CORA  FULLENWIDER,  born  at  Long- 
ton,  Kansas,  November  27,  1873,  died  in  Novem- 
ber, 1906. 
2_7  LETITIA  ANN  FULLENWIDER,  daughter  of  Chris- 
topher and  Sarah,  was  born  January  11,  1834,  and 
died,  unmarried,  Dec.  23,  1889.  at  Indianapolis. 
3.7  SUSAN  CATHERINE  FULLENWIDER,  daughter  of 
Christopher    and    Sarah,    was    born    December    10. 
1835,  and   was  married  on   December  22,    1853,   to 
Harvey  Marion  La  Follette,  who  was  born  April  16, 
1832.  *  They  lived  at  Thorntown,    Indiana,    and  he 


2 I  i  V A \'  MO  V S  FA M I L  V  M  Ib'TO  ll  V 


died  there  September  4,  1805.  Susan  La  Follette 
still  resides  there.  The  La  Follette  family  are  of 
French  descent,  and  John  La  Follette  of  Iowa  is 
authority  for  the  following  as  the  lineage  of  Harvev 
Marion  La  Follette.  John  La  Follette,  the  common 
ancestor  of  this  family  in  America,  came  to  this  coun- 
try from  France  with  his  wife  and  three  sons,  Joseph. 
George,  and  Charles,  some  time  prior  to  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  The  father  was  killed  in  the  War. 
Joseph  La  Follette,  son  of  John,  was  born  in  France 
about  1745.  Pie  went  to  New  Jersey,  a  young  man. 
and  married  Phebe  Goble,  who  was  born  May  12. 
1743.  They  moved  to  Kentucky.  His  son  Jesse  was 
born  August  23,  1781.  and  married  Polly  Lee,  born 
in  February,  1787.  They  moved  to  Putnam  County, 
Indiana,  in  1828,  where  he  died  several  year?  later, 
and  his  widow  then  moved  to  Montgomery  County, 
where  their  son  Harvey  Marion  married  Susan  C. 
Full  en  wider. 

Children : 

.8  CLARA  LA  FOLLETTE.  born  December  20.  1854. 
married  George  W.  Xash.  on  December  19,  1893. 
They  reside  in  Spokane,  Washington,  where  they 
have  large  business  interests.     One  daughter, 

1_9  Marie  Catherine  Nash,  who  was  born  and  died 
April  24,  1899. 

8  CHARLES  SUMNER  LA  FOLLETTE.  born  March 
14,  1856,  at  Primrose,  Wisconsin,  married  Ella 
Craven,  at  Thorntown.  Indiana.  April  4.  1877.  He 
is  a  traveling  passenger  agent  on  the  New  York 
Central  Railroad.  They  live  at  6234  Ellis  Ave., 
Chicago,  Illinois. 

Children : 

1_9  Bertha  Frances  La  Follette,  born  March  27, 
1878,  at  Thorntown  Indiana. 

2_9  Susie  May  La  Follette,  born  May  9,  1881,  died 
June  20,  1906. 

3_9  Charles  Sumner  La  Follette.  Jr.,  born  August 
27,  1883,  at  Thorntown.  He  is  a  resident  of 
Peoria,  Illinois. 

4_9  Harvey  Craven  La  Follette.  born  at  Peoria,  Illi- 
nois, October  20,  1893,  died  July  18,  1900. 


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;j_8  WARREN  JASPER  LA  FOLLETTE,  son  of  Har- 
vey M,  and  Susan,  was  born  April  22,  1857,  and 
died,  unmarried,  August  8,  1891. 
4_8  HARVEY  MARION  LA  FOLLETTE.  JR.,  son  of 
Harvey  M.  and  Susan,  was  educated  in  Europe, 
and  speaks  several  languages  fluently.  He  served 
two  terms  as  superintendent  of  Boone  County 
schools,  then  about  1886,  was  elected  to  the  office 
of  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  in 
Indiana,  and  served  three  terms.  He  then  turned 
his  attention  to  business,  and  was  at  the  head  of 
the  company  that  developed  the  coal  and  iron 
mines  in  the  region  of  La  Follette,  Tennessee.  He 
was  the  founder  of  this  industrial  city,  which 
bears  his  family  name,  and  which  is  his  home,  al- 
tho  business  interests  keep  him  much  of  the  time 
in  New  York.  He  is  a  widower  with  one  son, 
1_9  Marion  Warner  La  Follette,  born  May  19,  1899. 
5_8  ROBERT    WINCHESTER    LA    FOLLETTE,    born 

December  10,  1859,  died  aged  about  one  year. 
6_8  WILLIAM  LEROY  LA  FOLLETTE,  M.  C,  born 
November  30,  1860,  lives  in  Pullman,  Washington, 
and  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  is  Representative  in 
Congress  from  his  district  in  Washington,  and  is 
serving  his  third  term.  U.  S.  Senator  Robert  M. 
La  Follette  of  Wisconsin  is  a  first  cousin  of  Wil- 
liam Leroy  in  the  House.  He  married  Mary  Tabor. 
Children : 

1_9  Jacob  Tabor  La  Follette,    born    December  18. 
1887,  married  Edith  Sargent,  in  August,   1911. 
They  live  at  Pullman,  Washington. 
Children : 

1_10  Loretta  La  Follette,  born  in  October,  1912. 
2_10  John  R.  La  Follette,  born  in  May,  1915. 
2_9  William  Leroy  La  Follette,  Jr..  son  of  Wm.  Le- 
roy and  Mary,  was  born  in  February,  1890. 
3_9  Mary  M.  La  Follette,  born  December  13.  1891. 
4_9  Clara  Catherine  La  Follette,  born  in  June,  189S 
5_9   Warren  Jasper  La  Follette,     a  member  of  the 

National  Guard,  now  on  the  Mexican  Border. 
6_9   Robert     Chester    La   Follette,     born    in    March, 

1897. 
7_9   Alice  Eva  La  Follette,  born  August  21,  1900. 


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7_8   GRANT  A.  LA  FOLLETTE,  son  of  Harvey  M.  and 
Susan,  was  born  November  19,  1862.  and  married 
Minnie  Hoath,  in  June,  1899.     He  is  in  business  in 
La  Follette,  Tennessee. 
Children : 

1_9   Robert  Hoath  La  Follette.  born  Aug.  21,  1900. 
2_9   Mary  Catherine  La  Follette,  born  Aug.  24,  1901. 
3_9  Dorothy  H.  La  Follette,  born  in  1906.  . 
4_9   Margaret  H.  La  Follette.  born  m  March,  1912. 
8_8   A  son  bom  June  9,  1865,  died  June  18,  1865. 
4_7  LUCINDA  FULLENWIDER,  born  October  11,  1837. 

died  , unmarried,  in  1857. 
5_7   MARY   ELIZABETH   FULLENWIDER,   died   in   in- 
fancy. 
6_7  JOHN  CROW  FULLENWIDER.  son  of  Christopher 
and  Sarah,  was  born  December  11,  1839,  and  mar- 
ried first,  Sarah  Scott,  who  died,  leaving  one  son. 
He  was  married  again    on    September    17,  1868,  to 
Elizabeth  Canine,  daughter  of  Henry  Rice  and  Sarah 
Canine.     They    are    members    of    the    Presbyterian 
Church.     He  is  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Craw- 
fordsville,  Indiana. 
Children:  (First  marriage). 
1_8   HARRY  FULLENWIDER. 
Children:   (Second  marriage) 
2_8  LENA    LEOTA    FULLENWIDER,    who    married 
Rev.  Howard  S.  Morrison,  a  Presbyterian  minister 
at  Syracuse,  Ohio. 
Children : 

1_9   Herbert  C.  Morrison. 
2_9  Paul  E.  Morrison. 
3_8  HERBERT   RICE   FULLENWIDER.   who   lives  in 
Montana.     He  is  married  and  has  one  daughter, 
1_9   Mary  Elizabeth  Fullenwider. 
7_7  SARAH  ELIZA  FULLENWIDER,    born    December 
22,  1844,  married    Frank  M.  Pratt,    on    March  12. 
1868.     He  was  a  traveling  salesman  with  headquar- 
ters at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  where  he  died,  Febru- 
ary 12,  1903.     Sarah  E.  Pratt  resides  in  Cedar  Rap- 
ids. 

Children: 
1_8  ELLA  IRENE  PRATT,  born  January  13.  1869,  at 
Robins,  Iowa,  was  married  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND  FLORA   VAN  NUYS(30HN  h-l)    21? 


in  August.  1890,  to  B.  F.  Gilkison.     He  is  in  the 
advertising  business  at  Denver,  Colorado. 
Children : 

1_9   Charles  Elmer  Gilkison,  born  July  12,  1892,  at 
St.  Paul,  Minn.     He  is  a  farmer  at  Edgewater, 
Colo. 
2_9  Benjamin  F.  Gilkison,  born  Aug.  8,  1898,  is  a 

florist  at  Edgewater,  Colo. 
3_9  Leota  Gilkison,  bom  in  New  York  City. 
4_9  Florence  Dayton  Gilkison.  born  Dec.  10,  1903. 
5_9  Edward  Gilkison,  born  Oct.  6.  1908. 
2_8  EDWARD  ROBERT  PRATT   was  born   Dec.   12, 
1871,  at  Vinton,  la.,  and  was  married  to  Daisy  A. 
Monn  of  Cedar  Rapids,  Sept.  2G.  1894.  He  is  in  the 
furniture  business  at  Cedar  Rapids. 
3_8  LEROY  EUGENE  PRATT,  born  at  Vinton,  Iowa. 
January  24,   1874,  married  Arvada  Farr,  March 
26,  1894.     One  son, 
1_9  Eugene   Douglas  Pratt,    born    July  2,   1895,  is 
a  freight  agent  at  Cedar  Rapids. 
4_8  LELIA  LEOTA   PRATT,  born  January  24.  1878. 
was  married  August  5,  1902,  to  Loren  Knudson, 
who    is  in  the    real  estate    business  at  Lakeland, 
Florida. 
5_8  HAZEL  O.  PRATT,  born  August  24,  1885,  mar- 
ried Earl  Osborne,  December  25,  1915.     They  also 
live  in  Lakeland,  Florida. 
8_7   MARY  MATILDA  FULLENWIDER,  died  in  infancy. 
9_7  JAMES  FULLENWIDER,  son  of     Christopher  and 
Sarah  Van  Nuys  Fullenwider,  died  in  1865.  at  Mari- 
etta, Georgia,  during  Sherman's  March  to  the  Sea. 
10_7  WILLIAM  H.  FULLENWIDER,  son  of  Christopher 
and  Sarah,  was  born  November  14,  1848,  at  Craw- 
fordsville,  Indiana,  and  was  married  September  6. 
1876,  in    Marion,    Iowa,    to   Mary  Candace  Leabo. 
They  live  in  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  and  have  one  son, 

1_8  FULLENWIDER,  born  July  16,  1878.  who 

was  married  in  July,  1913,  to  Gertrude  Rose,  of 
Madison,   South   Dakota.      They  reside   in   Cedar 
Rapids. 
11-7   ROBERT  C.  FULLENWIDER,  was  born  in  Decem- 
ber, 1850,  at  Crawfordsville,  Indiana,  and  was  mar- 
ried in  1885  to  Carrie  McLuen,  of  Guthrie  Center, 


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Iowa.    She  died  at  Panora,  Iowa,  in  December,  1909, 
leaving  three 
Children  : 
1_8   GORDON  C.  and  RHEA  and  Max.  All  reside  at 
Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

S_6  PETER  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  John  and  Letitia  A.  (Canine)  Van  Nice,  was  born 
in  Kentucky,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Indiana.  Here 
he  married  Hannah  Craig,  and  established  a  home  in  the 
eastern  part  of  Montgomery  County.     She  died  in  Sep- 
tember,   1848,   leaving  seven   children,   and   he   married, 
second,  Emily  Trout,    by  whom    he  had  three  children. 
About  1869  he  moved  to  Bolivar.  Polk  County,  Missouri, 
where  Emily  Van  Nice  died,  and  he  was  married  to  Lu- 
cinda  Smith.    By  this  marriage  there  were  three  children. 
He  died  in  Polk  County,  at  the  age  of  eighty,  having  been 
almost  blind  for  several  years. 
Children,  First  marriage : 
1_7   LETITIA  VAN  NICE  was  born  November  10,  1836, 
and  was  married  to  Joshua  Hall,  April  7,  1864.  They 
lived  in  Montgomery  County  Indiana,  where  he  was 
a  carpenter.     He  died  February  28,  1892.     She  died 
at  Mace,  Indiana,  July  4,  1915. 
Children : 
1_8  IDA  JANE  HALL,  born  January  21,   1855,  mar- 
ried Frank  Seybold.     He  is  a  farmer  near  Craw- 
fordsville,  Indiana.  Two  children. 
2_8  EVA  ELLEN  HALL  was  born  September  28,  1856, 
and  married  Elisha  Cox,  on  September  10,  1876. 
Their  home  was  near     Crawfordsville,  where  he 
died  February  24,  1908.     She  is  now  residing  with 
her  brother  near  Crawfordsville. 
Children : 

1_9   Howard  Cox,  born  September  4,  1877,  married 

Mattie  Whitsel.     One  son, 

1_10  Jasper  Cox,  born  in  November.  1908. 

2_9   Rosa  May  Cox,  born    June    28,  1880,    married 

Frank  Shewey  in  December,   1907.     They  live 

on  a  farm  near  New  Ross,  Indiana.  No  children. 

3_9   Olive  Letitia  Cox,  born  December  25,  1882,  was 

married  in  1900  to  George  Whitsel,  brother  of 

Mattie  Whitsel  Cox.    She  died  August  21,  1901. 


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4_9   Minnie  Cox  was  born  February  14,   1887,  and 

married  Newton  Jarvis  in  November,  1903. 
Children : 

1_10   Herbert  Jarvis,  born  in  April,  1905. 
2_10  Leona  Jarvis.  born  in  October,  1906. 
3_10  Ralph  Jarvis.  born  in  August,  1908. 
4_10  Beulah  Jarvis,  born  in  June,  1913. 
5_9   Hazel  Florence    Cox,    born    January  18,  1S91, 
married  in  March,  1908,  Glenn  Hopper.     Two 
Children: 

1_10  Eva  Hopper,  born  in  October,  1909. 
2_10   Charles  Hopper,  born  in  May,  1911. 
3_8  SHERMAN  LINCOLN  HALL,  was  born  July  25. 
1867.     He  is  unmarried  and  lives  east  of  Craw- 
fordsville  on  a  farm. 
.7   MARTHA  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Han- 
nah Craig  Van  Nice,  was  born  on  March  29,  1838, 
near  Mace,  Indiana.     She  was  married     to  William 
Smith,  on  November  8,  1860,  Rev.  Jesse  Goben  of- 
ficiating.    Mr.  Smith  was  a  carpenter  in  Montgomery 
County  for  a  good  many  years,  then  removed  to  Mil- 
ford,  Illinois,  and  finally    to    Chicago,    where  with 
their  son  Walter  they  spent  the  later  years  of  their 
married  life,  and  where  he  still  lives.     He  is  a  Re- 
publican, as  are  his  sons  also.     Martha  Smith  died  in 
Chicago,  November  2,  1913.     She  was  a  member  of 
the  Christian  Church. 
Children : 
1_8  FLORENCE  SMITH,  born  August  30,  1861.  was 
married  near  Mace,  Indiana,  February  5.  1883,  to 
William  Hole,  from  Dayton,   Ohio.     She  died   at 
Crawfordsville,  Indiana.  June  13,  1884.     No  chil- 
dren. 
2_8   WALLACE  SMITH,   born   near   Milford.   Illinois, 
July  28,  1864,  married  on  December  2,  1885,  Car- 
rie McConnell.  daughter  of  Newton  and  Jane  Ann 
McConnell.    He  was  married  again,  November  6, 
1904,  to  Ellen  F.  Johnson,  who  was  born  January 
23,  1882,  and  who  died  Aug.  23,  1912,  leaving  one 
child,  Florence  Ellen.     He  is  now  a  traveling  sales- 
man, living  in  Indianapolis. 
Children  : 
1_9   Hazel  Smith,  who  was  born  October  2,  1888,  at 


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Crawfordsville,  Ind.,  and  was  married  in  1915. 
2_9  Helen  F.  Smith,  who  was  born  Jan.  1,  1893. 
3_9   Carl  A.  Smith,  who  was  born  at  Veedersburgh, 
Indiana.  April  15,  1900.  and  died  there  Decem- 
ber 10,  1900. 
4_9  Florence  Ellen  Smith,  who  was  born  December 
18,  1905,  in  Chicago. 
8_8  WALTER  SMITH,  second  son  of  Wm.  and  Mar- 
tha, was  born  in  February.   1867,  at  Crawfords- 
ville.    He  was  married  on   October  12,   1892,  at 
Crawfordsville,  to  Pearl  Hearst,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward  and   Hannah   Hearst.      He  is  a  jeweler  in 
Chicago,  where  they  reside. 

Edward  Hearst  was  of  an  English  family,  some 
of  whom  were  possessed  of  large  landed  estates 
and  park  preserves,  and  are  known  for  their  wel- 
fare work  among  their  own  and  nearby  tenantry. 
Children : 
1_9  Earl  Smith,  born  August  31,  1894,  is  a  student 

in  Armour  Institute. 
2_9   Harold    Smith,    born    June    29,   1896,  died  in 

infancy. 
3_9   Donald  Smith,  born  June  21,  1908. 
3_7  JOHN  R.  VAN  NICE,  was  born  June  12,   1S40,  in 
Montgomery  County,  Indiana,  and   was  married  in 
1866,  to  Eliza  Ann  Beck,  who  was  born  November 
29,  1837,  and  died  June  8,  1872,  leaving  four  chil- 
dren.    He  was  married  again  to  Sarah  Hall,  October 
22,  1874,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  Lockwood 
and  Robert.     He  was  a  farmer  in  Montgomery  Coun- 
ty, Indiana.     He  died  January  24,  1914. 
Children,  by  first  wife: 
l_8  Lillie  May,  born  April   17,   1867,  married  James 
Burkholder,  June  18,  1894.     They  moved  to  Hom- 
er, Louisiana,  where  the  family  still  reside.     Lillie 
Burkholder  died,  July  8,  1914. 
Children: 

1_9   Paul  A.  Burkholder,  and  Ruth,  Lucile,  Carroll, 
Norwood    and    Dorwood.      Ruth    and    Dcrwood 
died  young. 
2_8   WILLIAM   C.   VANNICE,   born  in   Walnut  town- 
ship,  Montgomery  County,  Indiana,  January  24, 
1869,  married    Minnie  Buchanon,    September    9, 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND  VLollA  VAN  NUYS(J01i\ 


1890.  She  died  April  7,  3  900,  and  he  was  again 
married  on  February  5,  1905.  to  Effie  Wilkerson, 
who  was  born  September  14,  1873.  They  live  on 
a  farm  near  Darlington,  Indiana.  They  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Christian  Church. 
Children  : 

1_9  Harold  Vannice,  bor.n  June  18,   1891,  married 

Alta  Grace  Cox,  July  10,  1915.     He  is  a  farmer. 

One  daughter, 

1_10  Mariaii  Louise  Vannice,  born  Feb.  25,  1916. 

2_9   Howard  Vannice,  born  January  14,  1893,  is  an 

automobile  machinist. 
o_9   Maurice  Vannice.  born   Jan.   10,   1895, 
4_9  Everett  Vannice,  born  Aug.  15,  1896. 
5_9  Bertha  Vannice,  born  March  20,  1898. 
G_9  Louise  Vannice,  born  March  4,  1900. 
3_8  IDA  ANNA,  daughter  of  John  R.  and  Eliza  Van- 
nice,  was  born  in  May,   1872,  and  died  the  same 
year. 
4_8  FLORENCE  BECK,    (half  sister)  born  March  11. 
1862,  married  on  April  3,  1884,  William  Rhoads. 
born   December   18,    1857.     They  live   on  a   farm 
near  Crawfordsville.     They  are  members  of  the 
Christian   Church. 
Children: 

1_9   Merle   I.,   born   December   30,    18S4.      He   is  a 
member  of  the  K.  P.  and  R.  M.  lodges,  and  is  a 
farmer. 
2_9  Harry  E.,  born   Aug.  24,   1886,  died  Aug.   12. 

1887. 
3_9   Glenn  I.,  born  March  11,  1888,  was  married  to 
Faye  Wilson,  February  27,  1910.     He  is  a  farm- 
er. 
Children: 

1_10  Ernest  Rhoads,  who  died  March  11.  1912. 
2_10   Florence  Ellen  Rhoads,  born  Sept.  23,  1913. 
4_9  Fred  J.  Rhoads,  born  March  10.   1.890,  mavried 

Edna  Long,  October  5,  1910.     He  is  a  farmer. 
Children: 

1_10  Erma  Marie,  born  August  21,  1911. 
2_10   Thelma  Louise,  born  July  18.  1915. 
5_9   Grace  Opal  Rhoads,  bom  July   18,   1892.  mar- 
ried John on  May  28,  1911. 


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Children : 

1_10  Zella  Lorena,  born  May  22,  1912. 

2_10   Alice  Vivian,  born  April  12,  1914. 
6_9  Fiord  I.  Rhoads.  bom  July  4,  1895. 
7_9  Lester  M.  Rhoads,  born  May  IS,  1901. 
8_9  Karl  Lee  Rhoads,  born  October  8,  190;]. 
Children,  by  second  wife: 
5_8  LOCKWOOD  VAN  NICE,  son  of  John  R.  and  Sar- 
ah Hall,  was  born  August  21,  1875,  and  on  Octo- 
ber 15,   1902,    he    married    Emma  Cruram,  born 
April  3,  1880,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Lavina 
(Peterson)   Crumm.     They    live    on  a    farm  near 
Darlington,  Indiana,  and  have  four 
Children : 

1_9   Hazel  Delia  Van  Nice,  born  June  27.  1903. 
2_9   Lawrence  Admin  Van  Nice,  born  July  19,  1904. 
3_9  James  Hubert  Van  Nice,  born  June  27,  1908. 
4_9  Robert  Wayne  Van  Nice,  born  Sept.  16,  1910. 
6_8   ROBERT  VAN  NICE,  youngest  son  of  John  R.  and 
Sarah,  was  accidentally  shot  on  November  6.  1894, 
when  about  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  died  No- 
vember 18,  1894. 
4_7  ISAAC  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Peter  and  Hannah  Craig 
Van  Nice,  went  to  Pittsburg,  Kansas,  while  a  young 
man,  and  married  and  died  there.     They  had  one 
daughter, 
1_8   DAISY  VAN  NICE,  who  married  in  the  west. 
5_7  ELIZABETH    VAN    NICE,    daughter  of  Peter  and 
Hannah,  married  James  McDaniel.     They  went  to 
Live  Oak,    Sutter  County,    California,    in  1912,  and 
now  live  on  a  farm  near  there.     No  children. 
6_7   JAMES  N.  VAN  NICE,  married  Indiana  Craig,  his 
cousin,  on  December  3,  1871.    He  died  April  7.  1883. 
His  widow  is  a  nurse  in  Crawfordsville,  Indiana.  No 
children. 
7_7   MARY  A.  VAN  NICE,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Han- 
nah, was  born  September  24.  1848,  near  Crawfords- 
ville.    She  married  first,  David  Freeman,  on  August 
15,  1867,  and  second,  Allen  Hendricks,  in  November, 
1890.     They   live   in   Crawfordsville,  and   are  mem- 
bers of  the  Christian  Church,  as  are  her  family.  One 
son  by  her  first  husband, 


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1_8  HARRY    B.    FREEMAN,  born  in  Crawfordsville, 

December  15,  1874.     He  married    first    Mary  F. 
Bottorff,  and  second,  Viola  McCallum,  in  Chicago, 
where  he  was  a  wholesale  grocer  before  going  to 
California,  where  he  died  on  a  ranch  near  Live 
Oak,  September  18,   1915.     One  son  by  his  first 
wife, 
1_9  Earl     Elijah     Freeman,     who     married     Hazel 
Roark,  January  15,  1914.  They  live  near  Clark's 
Hill,  Indiana,  where  he  is  a  farmer.     They  also 
have  one  son, 
1_10   Charles  Haven  Freeman,  born  December  20, 
1915. 
Children,  by  second  marriage: 
8_7  ANGELINE    VAN    NICE,    daughter    of    Peter    and 
Emily     (Trout)     Van  Nice,    was    married    to  Rufus 
Gunn.     They  live  at  Bolivar,  Missouri.     Five 
Children : 
1_8  NORA   GUNN,   and  OTTO,   CHARLES,   CARRIE 
and  MAUD. 
9_7  ELIZA  VAN  NICE,  who  married  William  Runyan. 

They  live  in  New  Mexico,  where  he  is  a  farmer. 
10_7   HANNIBAL  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Peter  and  Emily 
Trout  Van  Nice,  was  born  near  Crawfordsville  and 
married  at  Bolivar,  Missouri.    No  record  available. 
Children  of  third  wife: 
11-7  EDWARD  VAN  NICE,  son  of  Peter  and  Lucinda 
(Smith)  Van  Nice,  was  born  near  Bolivar,  Missouri. 
No  record. 
12_7  FRANK  VAN  NICE 
13_7   CLARA  VAN  NICE 

9_6  SUSAN  VAN  NICE, 
(laughter  of  John  and  Letitia,  born  May  15,  1821,  mar- 
ried John  McCrea.     She  died  December  15.  184G.  leaving 
one  son,  Henry  McCrea.     His  whereabouts  unknown. 


224  VAN'  NUTS  FAMILY  RfSTORY 


CHAPTER  XI 

TEUNIS  VAN  NUYS, 
Tennis  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  B,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 
DESCENDANTS  of  Isaac  and  Flora  (Quick)  Van  Nuys 
in  line  of  their  son  Tennis. 

6_5  TEUNIS  VAN  NUYS  was  born  in  Somerset  County 
New  Jersey,  September  10,  1775,  and  went  to  Mercer 
County,  Kentucky,  probably  in  1791.  On  March  25. 
1802  he  was  married  there  to  Catherine  J).emaree,  who 
Was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  April  9,  1785,  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  R.  and  Nancy  Demaree,  who  had  emigrated  to 
Kentucky.*  Tennis  Van  Nuys  lived  in  Mercer  and  Shel- 
by Counties,  Kentucky,  until  1836,  and  accumulated  con- 
siderable property.  Then  he  moved  to  Johnson  County, 
Indiana,  whither  some  of  his  children  had  already  gone, 
and  there  he  became  a  large  landowner.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  a  man  of  the  strictest  in- 
tegrity, whose  influence  was  always  exerted  for  good. 
He  died  March  7,  1849.  His  wife  died  November  3,  1844. 
Children: 

1_0'   SAMUEL  VAN  NUYS 
was  born  January  23,  1803,  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky, 
and  received  the  best  schooling  obtainable  at  that  day. 

*XOTE — Catherine  Dr-maree  was  descended  from  David  des 
Marest  (Demarest)  a  French  Huguenot,  whose  father  had  gone  from 
France  to  Middleburg,  Holland.  David  des  Marest,  born  about  1623. 
married  Alarie  Sohier  in  Middleburg,  July  2  4,  1643,  and  they  came 
to  New  Amsterdam  in  the  ship  Bontekou  in  1663.  and  joined  the 
French  colony  there.  But  in  1677  he  purchased  from  the  Indians 
about  4  000  acres  of  land  in  Bergen  County,  New  Jersey,  on  the 
Hackensack  River,  and  the  Carteret  heirs  perfected  his  title  to  it. 
His  purpose  was  to  found  a  French  Colony,  but  settlers  were  few  at 
first,  and  being  surrounded  by  the  Dutch,  neither  the  French  lan- 
guage nor  the  French  church  survived.  However,  the  Demarest 
family  thrived,  and  children  of  the  three  sons  of  David — Jean,  David. 
Jr.,  and  Samuel — occupied  these  lands. 

The  late  Rev.  David  D.  Demarest,  who  is  authority  for  the  fore- 
going, says:  "Before  the  Revolutionary  War  some  of  the  family  emi- 
grated to  the  Conewago  settlement,  in  York  County.  Pennsylvania. 
and  one  of  these  emigrants.  Samuel  Demaree,  moved  thence  to  Har- 
rod's  Station  Kentucky." 

This  Samuel   married   Susanna   Brouer,  and  the  dates  of  baptism 


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September  13,  1S27,  he  was  married  to  Amy  List,  born 
February  23,  1804,  and  within  a  year  or  two  they  emi- 
grated to  the  wild  regions  of  Central  Indiana  and  settled 
near  Franklin,  Johnson  County,  on  a  farm  of  1G0  acres, 
which  he  purchased  from  the  government.  Amy  List 
d;ed  there  April  7,  1879.  These  Kentuckians  brought 
their  religion  with  them,  and  in  May,  1831,  the  Hopewell 
Church  was  organized,  and  Samuel  Van  Nuys  was  chosen 
an  elder,  which  office  he  held  until  his  death,  July  20, 
1890.  For  a  good  many  years  he  was  the  popular  pre- 
centor of  the  Church,  which,  in  that  day  was  considered 
a  high  office.  In  the  absence  of  the  pastor,  "Uncle  Sam- 
mie"  always  read  the  sermons. 

This  Hopewell  church  is  still  one  of  the  most  flourishing 
rural  congregations  in  the  state  of  Indiana.  It  has  always 
been  the  center  of  a  broad  circle  of  influence,  having  sent 
out  perhaps  more  ministers,  and  Sabbath  School  and  so- 
cial service  workers  than  any  other  country  congregation 
in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  And  the  descendants  of 
Teunis  Van  Nuys  have  had  no  small  part,  both  among 
those  wrho  went  out  to  fight  and  those  that  "staid  by  the 
stuff."  Samuel  Van  Nuys  did  a  great  deal  also  in  those 
early  times  to  promote  the  facilities  for  education  of  the 
young  people,  even  opening  his  own  house  and  employing 
a  teacher  while  a  school  house  was  being  built. 

Children: 
1-7   GEORGE   MILTON   VAN  NUYS.   born   August    18, 
1828,  in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  married  Margar- 
et LaGrange,  of  Hopewell,  October  30,  3  850,  and  lo- 
cated on  a  farm  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana.     Here 

of  three  of  their  children  are  in  the  Conewago  church  record,  viz.: 
Mary,  1777,  Daniel.  1780  and  Samuel,  17S2.  In  supposing  this  to  he 
the  father  of  Catherine  Demaree  Van  Nuys.  there  is  only  the  diffi- 
culty of  accounting  for  the  two  names,  Susanna  and  Nancy,  for  we 
know  that  the  Conewago  records  are  not.  quite  complete.  Either  the 
two  are  different  forms  of  the  same  name,  or  Nancy  was  the  name 
of  hi6  second  wife.  Samuel  Demareo's  name  is  in  the  list  of  York 
County  Militiamen  who  received  "Depreciation  pay"  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  It  also  occurs  each  year  from  1777  to  1 7 S 3  inclusive 
!"  the  tax  lists  of  Stratum  Township,  York  County,  showing  assess- 
ment of  111  acres  of  land,  one  negro,  and  some  cattle.  Later  tax- 
lists  were  not  located. 


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Margaret  LaGrange  died,  and  he  afterward  marrii  d 
Elizabeth  McFall.     He  died  June  21,   1898.     The\ 
had  two 
Children: 
_8  SALONA    A.    VAN    NUYS,    born    November    16 
18o2,  married  March  14,  1872.  William  A.  Rans- 
dell,  a  farmer  in  Johnson  County. 
Children  : 
1-9   Gertrude    Ransdell.    born    July  27,  1873,  died 

August  10,  1874. 
2_9   Charles  R.  Ransdell,  born  June  11,  1875. 
3_9   Harvey  E.  Ransdell,    born  May  10,  1878,    died 

November  3,  1878. 
4_9   Ifant,  born   December  26,   1880,   died  January 

3,  1881. 
5_9   J.  Winfred  Ransdell.  born  May  1G,  1882,  mar- 
ried Bertha  Bohall,  November  5,  1903.     He  is 
an  engineer  at  Franklin,  Indiana. 
Children: 

1_10  Ethel  Irene  Ransdell,  born  March  13,  1905. 
2_10  Paul  Van  Nuys  Ransdell,  born  Oct.  6.  1908. 
3_10   Donnell  Edward  Ransdell.  born  March  23, 

1912. 
4_10   Daniel  Marcus  Ransdell,  born  May  12,  1913. 
6_9   Margaret   A.   Ransdell,   born   March'  17,    1885. 

married  Edward  G.  Dillman,  Jan.  21,  1915. 
7_9   Mary  A.  Ransdell.  born  June  3,  1888.     Is  with 

the  Franklin  Republican. 
8_9  Bertha  E.  Ransdell,  born  January  14,  1891,  died 

June  6,  1893. 
9_9  Teunis  D.  Ransdell,  born  December  18,  1895. 
_8  WILLIAM  CARDWELL  VAN  NUYS  was  born  in 
Johnson  County,  Indiana.  September  16,  1857.  and 
married     Ida     Estelle     Turner,    of     Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  on  October  19,  1887,  locating  near 
Alexandria,  Virginia.     He  was  a  dairyman.     He 
died  October  30.   1905.     Their  children  were  all 
educated  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts. 
Children: 
1_9   Alice    Douglas    Van   Nuys,    born   January    14, 

1890. 
2_9   Margaret  LaGrange  Van  Nuys,  born  September 
23,  1894. 


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3_9  Donald  Snowden  Van  Nuys,  born  March  6,  1897 
.7  ISAAC  NEWTON  VAN  NUYS,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Amy  List,  was  born  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana, 
April  3,  1830,  and  was  married  January  19,  1853,  to 
Minerva  A.  LaGrange.  He  was  a  prosperous  farm- 
er. He  died  March  30,  1893,  and  she  in  August, 
1896. 
Children: 
1_8   MARGARET    ROSETTA    VAN    NUYS.    born    in 

September,  1855,  died  September  21,  1862. 
2_8  MATTIE  VAN  NUYS,  born  November  10,   1860, 
was  married  to  George  W.  Carpenter,  November 
13,  1889.     She  died  March  22,  1914. 
Children : 
1_9   Fred     Thomas     Carpenter,     born   February    3, 

1891,  died  March  6,  1891. 

2_9   Curtis  Van  Nuys  Carpenter,  born  February  20, 

1892,  married  Sibyl  May  Peak,  May  29,  1913. 
One  daughter, 

1_10  Virginia  Ruth  Carpenter,  born  January  18, 
1914,  died  December  8.  1914. 
3_9  Ruth  Ann  Carpenter,  born  August  5,  1894. 
4_9  Geo.  Wm.  Carpenter,  born  January  30,  1900. 
3_8  EMMA  VAN  NUYS,  daughter  of  Isaac  Newton 
and  Minerva,     was  born     January  22,  1865,  and 
married  Ingram  Fletcher  Pearson,  a  farmer,  on 
November  27,  1884. 
Children  : 

1_9   Jasper  Larue  Pearson,  born  January  15,  1886. 
2_9  Raymond    Adolph    Pearson,    born    March    22. 
1888,    married    Marguerite    Luyster,  Nov.   12, 
1913.     One  son, 
1_10  Robert   Pearson,   born   and   died    April    27, 
1915. 
3_9   Grace  Ann  Pearson,  born  March  15,  1890,  mar- 
ried Roy  Don  Clore,  December  22,  1910.     He  is 
a  prosperous,  public  spirited  farmer.  One  son, 
1_10  J.  Harold  Clore,  born  December  9,  1914. 
4_9  Abbie  Marie  Pearson,  born  June  14,  1892. 
5_9   Martin  Van  Nuys  Pearson,  born  June  26,  1894, 

died  July  3,  1894. 
6_9   Cleo    Christine    Pearson,    born  September   15, 
1895. 


22S  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


7_9  Mattie  Marticia  Pearson,  born  Jan.  22,  189S. 
8_9  Theodore  Fletcher  Pearson,  born  July  18,  1900. 
9_9   Donald  Emerson  Pearson,  born  Feb.  21,  1902. 
10_9   Constance    Beatrice    Pearson,    born  June  1G. 

1906,  died  May  3,  1909. 
11_9  Wendell  Newton  Pearson,  born  Sept.  13,  1907. 
4_8  SAMUEL  VAN  NUYS,  son  of  Isaac  and  Minerva, 
was  born  November  7,   1866,  and  married  April 
13,  1892,  Bertha  Creasy,  of  Greenwood,  Indiana. 
He  is  a  piano  teacher  and  orchestra  conductor. 
One  son, 
1_9  Leo  Van  Nuys,  born  Sept.  22,  1895. 
3_7   JAMES  IIERVEY  VAN  NUYS.  son  of  Samuel  and 
Amy  List,  was  born  at  Hopewell,  near  Franklin,  In- 
diana, December  18,   1831.     He     graduated     from 
Hanover  College  in  1858,  and  from  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  1861.     He  at  once  entered  the 
ministry,  supplying  the   Kingston,  Indiana  Church, 
but  his  untimely  death  occurred  November  26,  1866. 
4_7   CATHERINE  C.  VAN  NUYS,  born  October  15,  1833. 

died  November  5,  1838. 
5_7   GARRETT  L.  VAN  NUYS.  son  of  Samuel  and  Amy. 
was  born  near  Franklin,  Indiana,  March  23,  1835. 
He  fitted  himself  for  a  teacher,  but  failing  health 
compelled  him  to  engage  in  outdoor  work,  and  he 
chose  farming.     He  married  Mary  Alma  McCaslin, 
of  Franklin,  on  December  26,  1867. 
Children: 
1_8  WALTER  LOWRIE  VAN  NUYS,  born  April  19, 
1898,  married  Alice  Hull,  of  Spokane,  Washing- 
ton,    where     he     was    pastor   of   a    Presbyterian 
Church  at  the  time.     He  is  a  graduate  of  Wabash 
College  and  of  Princeton  Theological   Seminary. 
He  went  west  early  in  his  ministry  and  has  had 
successful  pastorates  in  Washington  and  Oregon. 
He  is  now  pastor  at  Prineville,  Oregon.    He  repre- 
sented his  presbvterv  in  the  General  Assembly  at 
Atlantic  City  in  1916. 
Children  : 
1_9   Helen    Van    Nuys,    born  in  LeGrand,  Oregon, 

May  16.  1900. 
2_9  Garret  Edward  Van  Nuys,  born  Nov.  1,  1905. 
3_9   George  Howard  Van  Nuys,  born  in  Pendleton, 
Oregon,  June  12,  J909. 


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2_8  JAMES  EDWARD  VAN  NUYS,  born  at  Hope- 
well, Indiana.  November  22,  1872,  went  to  Oregon 
and  located  at  Parkdale,  in  the  Hood  River  Val- 
ley, where  he  owns  a  fine  fruit  Ranch.  He  was 
married  on  June  5,  1895  to  Emma  Kate  Voorhies, 
daughter  of  A.  A.  Voorhies. 

Children : 

1_9  Gladys   Van   Nuys,   born   near   Franklin,   Ind., 
November  3,  1896. 

2_9  Mildred  Van  Nuys,  born  November  22,  1899. 
3_8  ALICE  VAN  NUYS,  daughter  of  Garret  L.  and 
Mary,  was  born  near  Franklin,  Indiana,  February 
17,  1875.  She  is  a  graduate  of  Franklin  College, 
and  taught  Latin  for  several  years  in  Pendleton, 
Oregon,  Academy.  She  was  married  October  3, 
1907,  to  Roland  Neil  Oliver,  who  is  a  grain  dealer 
in  Pendleton. 

Children : 

1_9  Ruth  Oliver,  born  and  died  January  30,  1910. 

2_9  Lois  Oliver,  born  March  27,  1911. 

3_9  Margaret  Alice  Oliver,  born  January  19,  1915. 
4_8  EZRA  ALLEN  VAN  NUYS.  son  of  Garret  L.  and 
Mary  A.  (McCaslin)  Van  Nuys,  was  born  at  Hope- 
well, Johnson  County,  Indiana.  July  21,  1877.  He 
graduated  from  Franklin  College  and  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  and  in  1903  received  a  call 
from  the  First  Presbyterian  church  at  Goshen,  In- 
diana, which  his  uncle,  Hervey  L.  Van  Nuys,  had 
served  so  acceptably  for  fifty  years.  His  pastorate 
there  has  been  eminently  successful.  On  Septem- 
ber 5,  1905,  he  was  married  to  Gladys  Miller,  who 
is  also  a  graduate  of  Franklin  College. 

Children : 

1_9   Hervev  Allen  Van  Nuys,  born  October  29,  1906. 

2_9  Mary  Rebekah  Van  Nuys,  born  Jan.  21,  1912. 
5_8  MARY  ALMA  VAN  NUYS,  born  December  2, 
1881,  was  educated  at  Franklin  College.  On  Jan- 
uary 22,  1903,  she  was  married  to  Clarence  Earl 
Fisher  who  is  a  writer  on  the  staff  of  the  Sunset 
Magazine.     Their  home  is  in  Berkely,  California. 

Children  : 

1_9   Mary  Alma  Fisher,  born  in  Franklin,  Indiana, 
January  16,  1905. 


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2_9   Dorothy  Jane  Fisher,  born  in  Portland,  Oregon 

October  12,  1910. 
3_9  Alice  Emily  Fisher,  born  July  27,  1912. 
4_9  Ethelwyn  Nelle  Fisher,  born  in  Berkely,  Cal., 
December  10,  1914. 
6_7   MARY  ELLEN  VAN  NUYS.  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Amy,  was  born  near  Franklin,  Indiana.     She  taught 
for  several  years  in  Hopewell  Academy  prior  to  her 
marriage  to  P.  G.  Covert,  February  11,  1SGS.     He  is 
an  undertaker  at  Franklin,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8  PAUL  W.  COVERT,  born  near  Franklin.  Indiana. 
November,  1870.    He  graduated  from  Purdue  Uni- 
versity, and  soon  afterward  was  made  head  of  the 
Industrial  department  of  the  Indianapolis  Train- 
ing schools.     He  is  still  there.     September  7,  1899 
he  was  married  to  Harriet  Jeffery. 
Children: 

1_9   Mary  Ellen  Covert  born  June  21,  1903. 
2_9   Robert  Jeffery  Covert,  born  Dec.  23,  1907. 
3_9   William  Van  Nuys  Covert,  born  Oct.  15,  1913. 
7_7  EMMA  JANE  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  26,  1839,  also 
taught  in  Hopewell  Academy  before  her  marriage  to 
Rev.  J.  W.  Crawford,  April  3,  1861.     She  accompan- 
ied her  husband    to  a  home    mission    field  in  Iowa. 
After    seven    years    he  became  pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Vinton,  Iowa,  and  other  suc- 
cessful pastorates  followed  this.     He  died  April  13, 
1897,  and  since  then  Emma  Crawford  has  resided  in 
Topeka,  Kansas. 
Children: 
1_8  ADDAH    CRAWFORD,    born    February  9,  1863, 

died  February  11.  1863. 
2_8   MARY    CRAWFORD,     born     April   25,    1864,   in 
Frankville,  Iowa,  married  George  H.  Flintham  of 
Topeka,  Kansas,  April  14,  1885. 
Children: 
1_9   Guy  Flintham,  born  March  31,  1890,  died  June 

23,  1909. 
2_9  Roy  Flintham,  born  July  31,  1895,  died  June  8, 

1896. 
3_9  Eva  Flintham,  born  April  26,  1900. 


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2_8  EDWARD  PAYSON  CRAWFORD,  born  July  23, 
18G6,  is  a  machinist  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri.     He 
married  Minnie  Lamb. 
Children: 

1_9  Roland  Francis  Crawford,  born  March  24,  1890. 
2_9  Ralph  Wesley  Crawford,  twin  of  Roland,  died 

February  24,  1891. 
3_9  Gladys  Crawford,  born  June  30,  1891. 
4_9  Van  Nuys  Crawford,  born  July  26,  1894,  died 
March  20,  1898. 
3_8  FRANCIS  ADDISON  CRAWFORD,  born  Septem- 
ber 26,  1868,  lives  in  Topeka,  Kansas,  and  devotes 
his  time  to  orchestral  work. 
4_8   GRACE  CRAWFORD,  born  December  20,  1870, 
is  now  head  of  a  department  at  Topeka,  Kansas. 
5_8   RALPH  WARD   CRAWFORD,  born  January  27, 
1874,  married  Eugenie  Anderson,  August  6,  1913. 
He  is  with  a  Press  Company  at  Toledo,  Ohio.  One 
son, 
1_9  Van  Nuvs  Raphael  Crawford,  born  September 
24,  1914. 
6.8   ROLAND    VAN    NUYS    CRAWFORD,    born    No- 
vember 20.  1879,  died  July  8,  1882. 
8_7  JOHN  L.  VAN  NUYS.  born  at  Hopewell,  Indiana. 
March    22,    1841,    never    married.     He  is  a  retired 
farmer. 
9_7   CHRISTINA    VAN    NUYS    was    born  at  Hopewell, 
Johnson  County,  Indiana,  January  29,  1846,  and  still 
resides  there. 
10_7   MARGARET   ANN   VAN   NUY'S,   born   November 
30,   1849,  was  married  April  23,   1888,  to  John  A. 
Voris  of  Lebanon.  Indiana,  who  was  a  teacher.     He 
died  in  September,  1901,  and  since  then  she  has  re- 
sided at  Hopewell. 

2_6  MARY  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Teunis  and  Catherine,  was  born  July  29, 
1805,  and  was  married  on  March  8.  1821,  to  Cornelius  R. 
Voris,  who  was  born  April  5,  1797.  (See  Van  Voorhees 
lineage.)  She  died  October  26,  1850.  He  died  March 
21,  1882.     They  lived  at  Bennington,  Indiana. 

Children: 
1_7   MERCY  ANN  VORIS,  born  February  14,  1822,  died 
unmarried,  November  8,  18  13. 


23  2  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


2_7  TEUNIS  PERRY  VORIS,  deceased,  was  born  May 
31,  1824,  and  was  married  first,  on  November  .'. 
1848,  to  Elizabeth  Hotchkiss.  He  married  second, 
Catherine  Voris,  in  I860.  Their  home  was  at  Ben- 
nington, Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8   GEORGE  VORIS,  born  in  July,  1849,  died  October 

4,  1856. 
2_8   CARNELIUS  VORIS,  bom  February  20,  1851,  is 

not  married.     He  lives  at  Bedford,  Indiana. 
3_8   MARY  VORIS.  married  Franklin  Bruce  Cunning- 
ham, August  29,  1876.     They  live  at  Exeter,  Cal- 
ifornia. 
Children: 
1_9  Ernest  Carson  Cunningham,  born  June  6,  1877, 

married  Nora  Burk,  in  February,  1915. 
2_9  Lucy  Catherine   Cunningham,   born   March  23, 

1879. 
3_9  Lura  Augusta  Cunningham,  born  June  19,  1881. 
4_9  Franklin    Perry    Cunningham,  born   December 
11,   1883,  married  Louise  Putman,  in  October, 
1911. 
Children : 

1_10   Mary  Aurilla   Cunningham,   born  February 

28,  1913. 
2_10  Horace  Bruce  Cunningham,  born  December 
9,  1914. 
5_9  Vance     Voris     Cunningham,   born    January    8. 
1887,  married  Emma  Lolmaugh,     in  January, 
1912.     She  died  December  31,  1912. 
6_9  Rachel    Elizabeth     Cunningham,   born    August 
23,  1890,  married  Robert  Earl  Levey,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1913.     One  daughter, 
1_10  Emma  Levey,  born  November  10,  1914. 
7_9  William  C.  Cunningham,  born  Feb.  7,  1893. 
8_9  Florence  Matilda  Cunningham,  born  August  9, 
1896. 
4_8  FRANCIS  S.  VORIS,  born  April  27,  1856,  married 

Dora and  is  living  at  Fresno,  Cal.  One  child. 

5_8  ELIZABETH  VORIS,  youngest  daughter  of  Teun- 
is  and  Elizabeth,  married  Lawrence  L.  Welch,  and 
lives  at  Bennington,  Indiana. 


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Children : 

1_9  Florence  Welch,  born  March  2,  1880,  died  July 

4,  1881. 
2_9  Maude  M.  Welch,  born  August  29,  1886,  mar- 
ried Eugene  Espey,  December  5.   1904.     They 
live  at  Rising  Sun,  Indiana. 
Children: 

1_10  James  Welch  Espey,  born  Dec.  4,  1905. 
2_10  Eugene  Espey,  Jr.,  born  Jan.  7,  1908. 
3_10  Elizabeth  Espey,  born  November  8,  1911. 
4_10  Hugh  Espey,  born  August  4,  1914. 
3_9  Albert  Welch,  born  January  19,  1886,  died  June 

16,  1887. 
4_9  Benjamin    Yoris    Welch,    bora  June  12,   18S8, 
married  Cordelia  Reed.  June  13,   1912.     They 
live  at  Bennington,  Indiana.     One  daughter, 
1_10   Mary  Louise  Welch,  born  Oct.  6,  1913. 
5_9  Kathleen  Welch,  bora  May  29,  1891,  married 
Elgin   Crandall,  November  11,   1913.  One  son, 
1_10  Emerson  Crandall,  born  February  8,  1915. 
3_7   CORNELIUS  P.  VORIS,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Mary, 
was  born  March  14,  1827,  and  died  August  4,  1862. 
He    married    Nannie  Ritchie.  September   10,    1861. 
They  lived  at  Bedford,  Indiana. 
4_7  ARCHIBALD    CAMERON    VORIS,    bora  June   16, 
1829,    married    Antoinette   Rawlins,    November    16, 
1858.     He  was  a  graduate  of  Hanover  College  and 
the  Law  School  of  Harvard  University,  and  practic- 
ed in  Bedford,  Indiana,  where  he  was  elected  Judge 
of  the  District  Court.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Chi- 
cago   Convention    which    nominated    Abraham    Lin- 
coln for  president,  and  served  in  Hancock's  Brigade 
in  the  Civil  War,  coming  out  as  Col.  Voris.     He  was 
the  first  owner  of  and  opened  up  the  quarry  businor-s 
near  Bedford.     The  Indiana   statehouse  is  built  of 
stone  from  his  quarry.     He  was  an  elder  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  all  his  life  a  Sunday  School 
teacher.     He  and  his  wife  both  died  at  Bedford,  In- 
diana. 
Children : 
1_8   CARRIE  LOUISE  VORIS,  born  June  3,  1861,  died 
November  23,  1863. 


234  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


2_8  JOSEPH  RAWLINS  VORIS,  born  September   13, 
18CG,  married   Catherine   Wakefield,   in   October, 
1898.     They  live  in  Bedford,   Indiana,   where  he 
succeeded  his  father  in  Church  and  in  business. 
Children : 

1_9  Elizabeth  Voris,  born  May  14,  1902. 
2_9   Archibald  Voris.  born  May  20,  1905. 
5_7  JOHN  NEWTON  VORIS,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Mary, 
was  born  July  27,  1831,  and  married  Jennie  Grah- 
am, January  31,  1862.     He  died  November  11,  1865. 
One  son, 
1_8  WILLIAM    CLARENCE    VORIS,    born  February 
20,    1865,    married    Anna  Jeffery,  December  29, 
1891.     No  children. 
6_7  SAMUEL  DEMAREE   VORIS,   born   September   19, 

1833,  died  unmarried,  October  14,  1861. 
7_7  JOSEPH    B.    VORIS,    born    Dec.  18,  1835,  married 
Martha  Welch,  May  6,  1866.     He  died  in  November 
1908. 
Children: 
1_8  LILLIAN  VORIS,  and  FLORENCE,  and  JESSIE. 
8_7   CATHERINE    ELIZABETH    VORIS,    born  July  29, 
1838,    married    Judge  Robert  N.  Lamb,    deceased, 
May  29,  1878.    She  lives  at  Indianapolis. 
9_7   MARY    SUSAN    VORIS,    born  Dec.  25,  1840,  died 

October  18,  1844. 
10_7   MARTHA  VORIS,  born  September  22,  1843,  died 

February  11,  1844. 
11_7   WILLIAM  H.  VORIIS,  born  August  12,  1846,  died 
unmarried  in  February,  1901. 

3_6  SUSAN  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Teunis  and  Catherine,  was  born  December 
22,  1807,  and  married  Albert  Voris,  May  15,  1823.  He 
died  February  1,  1824,  and  she  was  again  married  on 
November  20,  1828,  to  Theodore  List,  who  was  a  very 
successful  farmer.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  members 
of  the  Hopewell  Presbyterian  Church.  He  died  January 
G,  1881.    Susan  Van  Nuys  died  September  22,  1879. 

Children:    (First  marriage) 
1_7  LEAH  ANN  VORIS,  born  February  26,  1824,  mar- 
ried Abraham  H.  La  Grange.     He  was  a  farmer  and 
owned  farms  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  and  Vinton,  Iowa. 
He  was  a  staunch  Republican,  and  an  elder  in  the 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND  FLORA  VAN  NUYS(TEUNIS  6_5) 


First     Presbvterian     Church      of     Vinton,     where 

he  died,  June  19,  1900.     She  died  April  25,  1885. 

Children : 
1_8   CATHERINE    VAN    NUYS    LA    GRANGE,    born 
Julv  1,  1842,  married  Abram  B.  Smock,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1859. 

Children : 

1_9  Loran  W.  Smock,  born  February  28,  1866. 

2_9  James  R.  Smock,  born  August  6,  1870. 

3_9  William  Smock,  born  March  22,  1874. 

4_9  Angeline  L.  Smock,  born  August  19,  1879. 
2_8  SUSAN  ANGELINE  LAGRANGE,  born  October 
25,  1844,  married  George  K.  Covert,  February  21, 
1868. 
3_8  ROBERT  LAGRANGE,  born  December  23,  1846, 
married  Harriet  Laughlin,  May  5,  1875.  They 
were  Presbyterians.  He  was  a  physician  at  Mar- 
ion, Iowa,  where  he  died  May  23,  1904. 

Children : 

1_9  John  Weslev  LaGrange,  born  February  2,  1876, 
died  March  31,  1878. 

2_9  Robert  Ray  LaGrange.  born  Dec.  19,  1880. 

3_9  Glenn  Abraham  LaGrange,  born  Aug.  19,  1882. 
4_8  JOHN  WESLEY  LAGRANGE,  born  April  29, 
1849,  married  Caroline  Alexander,  September  14, 
1876.  She  died  March  13.  1888,  and  he  married 
Margaret  Bleakly,  October  16,  1890.  He  i?  a 
physician  in  Marion,  Iowa.     They  are  Methodists. 

Children,  First  marriage: 

1_9  Wesley  A.  LaGrange,  born  October  11,  1884. 

2_9  Carolyn  LaGrange,  born  January  23,  1888. 

Second  Marriage : 

3_9   William  F.  LaGrange,  born  Sept.  18,  1894. 
5_8  HARRIET  I.  LAGRANGE,  daughter  of  Abraham 
and  Leah  Ann,  was  born   August  28,   1851,   and 
married  Martin  D.  Sterling,  November  13,  1873. 

Children. 

1_9   May  Sterling,  born  Sept.  13,  1874,  died  young. 

2_9  Frank  LaGrange  Sterling,  born  Sept.  13,  1876. 
6_8  THEODORE  LIST  LAGRANGE,  born  November 
20,  1853,  married  Agnes  Jones,  April  29,  1879.  He 
died  October  21,  1900. 


236  VAN  KUVS  FAMILY  HISTORY" 


Children 


1_9  Bernice  LaGrange,  born  July  7,  1881,  died  Sep- 
tember 23,  1831. 
2_9  Theodora    M.   LaGrange,     born    December  30. 

1884. 
3_9  Lester  J.  LaGrange,  born  October  14,  18S9. 
4_9  Arthur  R.  LaGrange,  born  March  5,  1893. 
7_8   MARY  LOUISE  LAGRANGE,  born  February  22, 
1856,  married  Thomas  R.  Williams,  January  13, 

1885.  He    is    a    business  man  in  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa.     One  daughter, 

1_9  Leah  Williams,  born  October  4,  1888. 
8_8   ORION  D.  LAGRANGE  was  born  April  15,  1858. 
and   married   Leota    Maude   Pressley,    March   31. 

1886.  He  died  November  24,  1899. 
Children: 

1_9   Orion  D.  LaGrange,  born  June  16,  1887. 
2_9  Vera  Violet  LaGrange,  born  April  20,  1890. 
9_8  VICTOR    LAGRANGE,    born    January  18,  1861, 

died  August  13,  1863. 
10_8  TEUNIS  GRANT  LAGRANGE,  born  November 
24,  1863,  married  Belle  Pollock,  January  12,  1887. 
Children: 

1_9  Elsie  Luretta  LaGrange,  born  March  16,  1892. 
2_9  Thura  Gay  LaGrange,  born  February  7,  189  i. 
3_9  Robert  Ray  LaGrange,  born  August  24,  1897. 
4_9   George  Sterling  LaGrange,  born  Oct.  7,  1901. 
5_9  Edna  Frances  LaGrange,  born  Nov.  29,  1904. 
6_9  Elmo  Alphonso   LaGrange,   born   Februarv   15, 

1908,  died  November  1,  1914. 
Children  of  Susan  Van  Nuys  bv  second  marriage: 
2_7   CATHERINE  LIST,  born  September  24,  1829,  mar- 
ried Daniel  C.  LaGrange,  December  16,  1847.     He 
was  a  farmer.     Thev  were  Presbyterians.     She  died 
May  30,  1890.     He  died  November  25,  1904. 
Children: 
1_8   MARGARET  E.  LAGRANGE,  born  November  26, 
1848,  married  John  E.  Banta,  March  31,  1870.  She 
died  April  19,  1889.     He  died  December  14,  1893. 
Children: 

1_9  Minnie  Banta,  born  November  16,  1874,  mar- 
ried Albert  Covert,  September  27,  1897.  One 
son, 


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.5)  2:r 


1_10  John  Covert,  born  September  27,  1899. 
2.8  SAMUEL  LAGRANGE,  son  of  Daniel  C.  and  Cath- 
erine, was  born  October  1,  1851,  and  married  Mil- 
dred Hall,  June  5,  1878. 
Children: 

1_9  Mary  LaGrange,  born  September  28,  1883. 
2_9   Marion  LaGrange,  twin  of  Mary. 
3_8  JOHN  A.  LAGRANGE,  born  June  14,  1855.  mar- 
ried Effie  DeMotte,  August  6,  1879. 
Children : 
1_9  Edna  La  Grange,    born    June  2,  1880,  married 

Edward  Bateman,  October  18,  1905. 
Children: 

1_10  Eber  Rateman.  born  September  9,  1906. 
2_10   Harriet  Bateman,  bom  October  6,  1909. 
2_9   Mabel  LaGrange,  daughter  of  John  A.  and  Effie, 
was  born  June  1,  1883,  and  died  February  13, 
1911.     These  dates  vary  from  those  sent  in  by 
the  DeMott  family,  but  are  given  as  sent  in. 
4_8  EDITH  LAGRANGE,  daughter  of  Daniel  C.  and 
Catherine,  was  born  July  15,  1868,  and  married 
Isaac  Newton  Brown,  October  23,  1889.     He  is  a 
farmer    and    has  been    president  of  the  Indiana 
State  Board  of  Agriculture  some  time,  and  is  now 
a  candidate  for  Auditor  of  State  in  Indiana. 
3-7   THEODORE  CALVIN  LIST,  born  on  February  17, 
1832,  married  Mary  Luyster,  October  20,  1853.  She 
died  April  10,  1903.    He  is  a  retired  farmer,  and  is  a 
Presbyterian. 
Children : 
1-8  LUNA    MAY    LIST,    born  May  1,   1856,  married 
George  McCaslin,  November  7,   1878. 
Children : 

1_9   Mary  McCaslin,  born  August  8,  1885. 
2_9   Cecil  McCaslin.  born  November  13,  1887,  mar- 
ried Florence  Bridges,  December  20,  1911. 
2_8  ROBERT  M.  LIST,  son  of  Theodore  C.  and  Mary 
was  born  September  30,  1858,  and  married  Alpha 
Bergen,  September  30,  1886. 
Children  : 

1_9   Earl  M.  List,  born  May  27,  1888,  married  Glad- 
ys Carter,  June  12,  1914. 
2_9  Ray  List,  born  July  29,  1889. 


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3_9   Vera  List,  born  May  31,  1891. 
3_8  SAMUEL    LIST,    bom  October  7,  1SG3,  married 
Cora  Brake,  January  29,  1890. 
Children : 

1_9   Wesley  List,  born  November  19,  1892. 
4-8   WILLIAM   LIST,   born  September  6,    1886,   mar- 
ried Elva  Medaris,  December  13,  1900. 
4_7   ROBERT  V.  LIST,  born  December  7,  1834,  died  Oc- 
tober 9,  1846. 
5_7  SAMUEL  V.  LIST,  son  of  Theodore  and  Susan,  was 
born  September  7,  1837.     He  was  a  student  in  the 
Hopewell  Academy,  when  he  heard  the  call  for  Vol- 
unteers in  '61,  and  enlisted  in  Company  F.,  Seventh 
Indiana  Infantry.      He  died  July  2,   1864   while  in 
the  service  for  maintaining-  the  Union." 
4_6  CHRISTINA  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Teunis  and  Catherine  (Demaree)  Van  Nuys, 
was  born  in  Shelby  County,   Kentucky,   March  7,   18 io, 
and  married  first,  Dennis  Carnine,  who  was  born  in  1801, 
a  son  of  Andrew  Carnine  of  Kentucky.     He  died,  and  she 
married  second,  Jacob  B.  Van  Osdal.     There  were  nine 
children  by  the  first  marriage,  but  none  by  the  second. 
"Andrew,  father  of  Dennis  Carnine,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  from  start  to  finish". — T.  N.  Carnine. 

Children: 
1_7   ALLIE  ANN  CARNINE,  born  in  1829,  died  in  1830. 
2_7   CATHERINE  CARNINE,  born  in  1830,  died  in  1851, 

unmarried. 
3_7   LYDIA    JANE    CARNINE,    born  in   1833,  married 
John  L.  Smith  in  1851.     They  lived  in  Switzerland 
County,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1.8   CATHERINE  SMITH,  born  in  1852,  married  Wil- 
liam Gordon,  who  died,  and  she  married  again. 
Two  of  eight  children  were : 
1_9   Calvin  Gordon.  2_9   Keziah  Gordon. 
2.8  EDWARD  SMITH,  born  in  1854,  died  unmarried. 
3_8  SARAH    SMITH,    born  in     1856,  married  Oliver 
Carnine.    They  had  six  children,  five  of  whom  are 
living  in  Jefferson  County,  Indiana,  but  no  record 
is  available. 
4_8   CHRISTINA     SMITH,     born     in     1858,     married 


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James  Buchanan,  and  died  soon  afterward,  leav- 
ing no  descendants. 
5_8  TEUNIS  SMITH,  born  in   1861,  is  unmarried,  in 

Jefferson  County. 
6_8  WILLIAM  SMITH,  born  in  1863,  is  living  at  Dela- 
ware, Indiana.     lie  has  been  twice  married  and 
has  two  children  living. 
7_8   MARY  SMITH,  born  in  1865,  died  unmarried. 
8_8   ELMER  SMITH,  born  in  1867,  went  to  California. 

No  record. 
9_8   ANNA    SMITH,    bom     in     1869,   married   Maily 

Laud,  and  has  three  children. 
10_8  HENRY  C.  SMITH,  bom  in  1871,  lives  in  Illinois. 
He  married  Nettie  Wainscott  and  has  six  children. 
11_8   MERRIT  SMITH,  born  in  1873,  married  and  is 
living  in  California. 
4_7  TEUNIS    NELSON    CARNINE,    son  of  Dennis  and 
Christina    (Van  Nuys)    Carnine,   was  born   June   3, 
1835,  and  married  Ann  Elizabeth  Taylor,  November 
19,1857.     They  are    living  near    Madison,  Indiana. 
He  fought  for  the  Union  in  the  Civil  War,  in  the  4th 
Indiana  Cavalry.     He  has  been  an  elder  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  for  many  years,  and  has  represent- 
ed his  congregation  and  Presbytery  in  all  the  delib- 
erative bodies  of  the  church — an  honorable  record. 
Children : 
1_8   HENRY  E.  CARNINE,  born  in  1858,  married  Re- 
becca J.  Ryan  in  1885.     They  and  all  their  chil- 
dren live  in  Switzerland  County,  Indiana. 
Children : 

1_9  Ruth  Carnine,  born  in  1887. 
2_9  Jessie  Carnine,  born  in  1891,  married  Clarence 

Ralston.     No  children. 
3_9  Agnes  Carnine,  born  in  1893. 
4_9  Ravmond  McKinley  Carnine,  born  in  1895. 
2_8  ARGUS  D.  CARNINE,  was  born  in  1861,  and  died 
in  1889.     He  married  Ida  M.  Riley.  No  children. 
5_7   MARY  ELLEN   CARNINE   was  born   in    1837,   and 
married  on  December  25,  1856,  John  C.  Van  Nuys. 
He  died  in  1907,  at  Thomtown,    where  Mary  Van 
Nuys  still  resides. 
Children  : 
1_8   HARVEY  EDWARD  VAN  NUYS,  born  October 


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30,  1857,  was  married  December  17,  1891,  to  Lulie 
B.  Thomson.     They  live  near  Thorntown. 
Children : 
1_9   Harold    Thompson    Van  Nuys,  born  April  30 

1S93,  died  June  28,  1915. 
2_9  John  Lefford  Van  Nuys.  born  Jan.  7,  1900. 
2_8   CHRISTINA    E.    VAN    NUYS,    born  August  12. 
1860,   near   Pleasant,   Indiana,    was  married   De- 
cember 31,   1885,  to  Willard  Stephenson.     They 
live  in  Lebanon,  Indiana.     One  daughter, 
1_9   Mary  Grace  Stephenson,  born  May  3,  1887. 
3_8  INFANT,  born  December  16,  1S63,  died  January 

11,  1864. 
4_8  JOHN     CHAUNCEY     VAN    NUYS,     born     near 
Thorntown,  Indiana,  July  5,  1868,  married  Carrie 
Maud  Graves,  on  June  16,  1897.     He  is  a  physi- 
cian and  surgeon  at  Lufkin,  Texas. 
Children : 
1_9  Leonard  Graves  Van  Nuys,  born  Nov.  16,  1898, 

died  June  2,  1900. 
2_9  Frances    Graves    Van    Nuys,    born    March    24, 

1902,  at  Lufkin  Texas. 
3_9  John  Chauncev  Van  Nuys,  Jr.,  born  September 
12,  1905. 
5_8  ALBERT    RAYMOND    VAN   NUYS,    son  of  John 
and  Mary,  was  born  March  29,  1876,  and  was  mar- 
ried in  1913,  to  Enid  Reeser.     He  is  an  editor  at 
Idaho  Falls,  Idaho.    One  son, 
1_9   Mason    Thomas    Van    Nuys,    born  in  October, 
1914. 
6_7   CHARITY    E.  CARNINE,    daughter  of  Dennis  and 
Christina,  was  born  in  1841,  and  married  William  T. 
Hillas.     Both  died,  leaving  no  family. 
7_7   HARRIET    CAROLINE    CARNINE,'  born    in    1843, 
married    Isaac    Lewis.     They    lived    in    Switzerland 
County,  Indiana,  and  both  died  there. 
Children: 
1_8  JENNIE  CRAWFORD  LEWIS,  unmarried. 
2_8  JOSEPH  DENNIS  LEWIS,  who  married  Ada  Ryan 

and  lives  near  Thorntown,  Ind.,  No  children. 
3_8  LILLIE  BELLE  LEWIS,  who  married  Morton  Van 
Osdal.     Two  children, 
1_9  Bertha  Van  Osdal,  2_9   Pearl  Van  Osdal. 


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4_8  FREDERIC    CHAUNCEY    LEWIS,    who    married 
first,  Mollie  Gardner,  and  second,  Alma  Hutchin- 
son.   They  live  near  Thorntown. 
Children:    (First  marriage) 
1_9  Howard  Lewis 
2_9   Omer  Lewis. 
(Second  marriage) 
3_9  Martha  Caroline  Lewis. 
5_8  WILLIAM  ISAAC  LEWIS,  who  married. 
6_8  ROBERT  VAN  NUYS  LEWIS,  who  married  Min- 
nie Stout.     One  daughter, 
1_9  Roxie  Lewis. 
7_8  MARY  CAROLINE  LEWIS,   who  married  Clyde 
Harmon.  No  children. 
8_7  HARVEY  C.  CARNINE,  son  of  Dennis  and  Christina, 
was  born  January  20,  1848,  in  Switzerland  County, 
Indiana,  and  died    February  13,  1892,    in  Moultrie 
County,  111.     He  married  on  January  1,  1867,  near 
Vevay,  Indiana,    Sarah  E.  Chambers,    daughter  of 
Thos.  T.  and  Lovey  Chambers.     She  was  born  De- 
cember 1,  1848,  in  Switzerland  County,  as  were  all 
their  children. 
1-8  ZELLA    M.    CARNINE,    born  November  2.  1868, 
married  Chas.  McCarter,  December  23,  1890,  in 
Sullivan,  111.     He  is  a  son  of  Geo.  W.  and  Martha 
J.  McCarter,  and  was  born  December  13,   1868. 
He  is  a  piano-tuner  in  Decatur,  Illinois. 
Children : 

1_9   Nola  McCarter,  born  in  Mattoon,  Illinois,  Sep- 
tember 28,   1893,   was  married  on  August   13, 
1910,  to  Leslie  Hornbeck,  born  May  16,  1892, 
a  son  of  Wallace  and  Matilda  Hornbeck. 
2_9  Blanche     McCarter,     born     April   20,    1904,   at 
Chattanooga,  Tennessee. 
2_8  NETTIE    B.    CARNINE,    born  August  29,   1870, 
married  David  N.  McCarter,  at  Sullivan,  Illinois, 
December  7,  1891.     They  live  at  Mattoon,  Illinois. 
Children: 

1-9  Sylvia  May  McCarter,  born  at  Sullivan,  111., 
Sent.  6,  1892,  married  Carl  Crowder,  January 
11,1907. 


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Children : 

1_10  Dorothy  G.  Crowder,  born  at  Mattoon,  III 

October  17,  1908. 
2_10   Harry  D.  Crowder,  born  July  17,  1910. 
3_10  Lucile  L.  Crowder,  born  July  1,  1912. 
4_10  Edna  B.  Crowder,  born  July  12,  1914. 
2_9   Grace  A.  McCarter,  born  at  Mattoon,  March  9 
1897.     Married  Carroll  R.  Vancil  at  Taylorville, 
Illinois,  August  20,  1913.     One  child, 
1_10  Cleadis  M.   Vancil,  born   August  26,   1911. 
died  September  9,  1915. 
3_9   Moses  McCarter,  born  April  1.  1889. 
4_9  Ethel  P.  McCarter.  born  June  16,  1901. 
5_9   Christina  E.  McCarter,  born  March  1,  1903,  died 

April  25,  1903. 
6_9  Agnes  V.  McCarter,  born  March  1,  1904. 
7_9  Thomas  H.  McCarter,  born  July  25,  1907. 
.8  CHARLES  NELSON  CARNINE,  son  of  Harvey  C. 
and  Sarah  E.,  was  born  November  10,  1873,  and 
was  married  to  Grace  Weis  at  Coles.  Illinois.  De- 
cember 24,  1899.     She  was  the  daughter  of  J.  VY. 
and  Eliza  (Brown)  Weis  and  was  born  February 
26,   1879,  at  Mattoon.      Charles  N.   Carnine  is  a 
farmer  near  Roodhouse,  Illinois. 
Children : 
1_9   Katherine  Josephine  Carnine  born  October  29. 

1905  in  Indianapolis. 
2_9  Two  children  died  in  infancv,  one  in  1901,  the 

other  in  1906. 
4_9  Joseph  Calvin  Carnine,  born  Nov.  10,  1908. 
5_9   Charles  Allison  Carnine,  born  June  20,  1911. 
.8  THOMAS    H.    CARNINE,    son  of  Harvey  C.  and 
Sarah  E.,  was  born  March  13,  1875,  and  was  mar- 
ried to  Maud  Richeson,  August  1.  1896.     She  is  a 
daughter  of  Scott  and  Martha  Richeson  and  was 
born    February  23,   1880.     He  is  a    farmer  near 
Newell,  Iowa. 
Children: 

1_9  Neva  E.  Carnine,  born  April  4,  1898. 
2_9   Odra  Fay  Carnine.  born  January  17,  1900. 
3_9  Roy  R.  Carnine,  born  November  13,  1901. 
4_9  Louis  C.  Carine,  born  April  10,  1903,  in  Poca- 
hontas County,  Iowa. 


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5_9  Agnes  Carnine,  born  October  29,  1907. 

6_9  Chester    Carnine,    born    August  7,   1910,  died 

April  27,  1912. 
7_9  Bertha  Mae  Carnine,  born  June  1,  1913. 
8_9  Lester  V.  Carnine,  born  July  6,  1915. 
5.8  LEWIS  V.   CARNINE,  born  July  29,   1877,   died 

September  10,  1890. 
G_8  WILLIAM  DENNIS  CARNINE  was  born  April  29, 
1880,  and  was  married  on  September  7,  1904,  at 
Fonda,    Iowa,    to   Lydia   M.   Cross,     daughter  of 
August  and    Margaret  Cross,    born  May  5,  1881. 
They  live  near  Marshall,  Minnesota,  where  he  is  a 
farmer.     One  daughter, 
1_9  Leona  Delphine  Carnine,    born    at  Fonda,  la., 
May  14,  1906. 
7_8   HENRY  R.  CARNINE,    born    February  2,   1883, 

lives  at  Coles,  Illinois. 
8_8  CHESTER  I.  CARNINE,  youngest  son  of  Harvey 
and  Sarah,  was  born  November  21,  1886,  and  was 
married  December  12.  1909,  to  Pearl  M.  Rightsell, 
born  September  6,  1888.  He  is  a  farmer  near 
Sullivan,  Illinois. 
Children : 

1_9   Clifton  L.  Carnine,  born  October  22,  1911. 
2_9   Genevieve  I.  Carnine,  born  May  28,  1913,  died 

November  1,  1913. 
3_9  Evelyn  P.  Carnine,  born  November  7,  1914. 
9_7   DENNIS    CARNINE,    son    of  Dennis  and  Christina 
(Van  Nuys)  Carnine,  was  born  December  25,  1851, 
at  Pleasant,  Indiana,  and  was  married  in  1875,  to 
Maluda  Chambers,  who  was  born  near  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  May  1,  1856. 
Children : 
1_8  IDA  E.  CARNINE,  born  June  3,  1876,  at  Pleasant. 
Indiana,    married    William  Odell,  a  farmer  near 
Mattoon,  111.     She  died  in  1898,  leaving  an  infant 
son,  who  died.     Wm.  Odell  now  lives  in  Chicago. 
2_8  ALBERT  G.  CARNINE,  born  October  25,  1877,  is 
a  minister  in  the  M.  E.  Church.     In  1900  he  mar- 
ried Myrtle  Henry,  of  Charleston,  Illinois. 
Children: 

1_9  Theresa  Carnine,  born  in  1901. 
2_9  Velma  Carnine,  born  near  Allensville,  111. 


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3_8   OTTERREIN  CARNINE,  born  December  20,  1871.. 
married  Zora  La  Clair,  oi'  Mattoon,  Illinois.     11. 
is  a  farmer.     One  son, 
1_9   Leo  Carnine,  born  September  29,  1902. 
4_8   DOLAN  D.  CARNINE,  born  May  22,  18S2,  in  El- 
dorado, Kansas,    married    Gertrude  Henry,  near 
Charleston,  Illinois,  in  1910.     They  live  near  Al- 
lensville. 
Children : 

1_9  Valliet  Carnine,  born  January  4,  1907. 
2_9  Elmo  Carnine,  born  December  29,  1908. 
3_9  Arthur  Carnine,  born  in  February,  1912. 
4_9   Wayne  Carnine,  born  June  4,  1914. 
5_8   MARY  ELIZABETH  CARNINE,  born    December 
26,  1884,  married  W.  J.  Phillips  in  1904.     He  is  a 
farmer  near  Allensville,  111. 
Children : 

1_9   Kenneth  Phillips,  born  August  17,  1907. 
2_9   Mildred  Phillips,  born  May  10,  1911. 
6_8  ETHEL  CARNINE,  born  March  19.  1887.  at  Pleas- 
ant,   Indiana,    married    Frank   Hogue,    March    1, 
1913.     Thev  live  on  a  farm  near  Sullivan,  Illinois. 
7_8  LID  A    CARLINA    CARNINE,    born    January    1, 

1890.     She  is  a  dressmaker. 
8_8  ISAAC  CALVIN  CARNINE,  born  April  22,  1893. 
married  Helen  Wagner.  He  is  a  farmer  near  Sulli- 
van, 111.     One  daughter, 
1_9  Edna  Carnine,  born  May  4,  1915. 
9_8  DENNIS  GAIL  CARNINE,  born  Sept.  4,  1895. 
5_6  ISAAC  VAN  NUYS, 
son  of  Teunis  and  Catherine   (Demaree)   Van  Nuys,  was 
born  May  19,  1812,  and  married  Elizabeth  Johnston  in 
Kentucky,  in  1835.     The  following  year  they  removed  to 
Johnson    County,    Indiana,    where    he   died,    August    12, 
1844.     Elizabeth  Johnston  was  born  in  Kentucky  Janu- 
ary 21,  1815.     After  her  husband's  death  she  was  mar- 
ried again  in  1858,  to  James  Dunlap.     After  he  died  in 
1884,  she  lived  with  her  son  John  H.  in  Iola,  Kansas.   She 
died  December  13,  1906. 

Children  : 
1_7  ARCHIBALD   C.  VAN  NUYS,  born  September   17, 
1835,  married  Martha  Miller,     He  died  August  12, 
1861.     No  children. 


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2.7  CHARITY  E.  VAN  NUYS,  born  October  27,  1837. 
married  Harvey  Winchester,  in  1S57.     She  died  in 
Carl  vie,  Kansas,  in  1905. 
Children : 
1_8  URIEL  WINCHESTER,  born  in  1869,  is  living  in 

Iola,  Kansas,  and  is  unmarried. 
2.8   MERRILL  WINCHESTER,  born  in  1871,  is  in  the 
Regular  Army,  not  married. 
3_7  JULIA  ELLEN  VAN  NUYS,  born  February  3,  1839, 
married  Isaac  Le  Grange,  in  1856.     He  died  a  few 
years  after  their  marriage.     She  has  always  lived  in 
Johnson  County,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8  D WIGHT    LEGRANGE,    who    married    Florence 
Henderson,  and  has  two  sons, 
1_9   Dr.  Otis  LeGrange,  who  married  Edith  Clem- 
mer  and  lives  in  Franklin,  Indiana.     They  have 
one  daughter. 
2_9  Earl  LeGrange,  wTho  married  Mary  Sullivan  and 
lives  in  the  Hopewell  neighborhood.  They  have 
one  son. 
2_8  JOHN    V.    LEGRANGE,    who  married  Elizabeth 
Brumbaugh.      He   has   a   government   position   in 
Washington,  D.  C.     No  children. 
4_7  JOHN    H.    VAN  NUYS,    born  September  20,  1840. 
married  Anna  M.  Overstreet,  daughter  of  Richard  T. 
Overstreet,  by  his  first  wife,  in  1870,  and  moved  to 
Iola,   Kansas,   where  she  died  the  same  year.      He 
was  married  again,  to  Alice  Northup,  now  deceased. 
He  is  a  retired  banker    and    a  veteran    of  the  Civil 
War.     He  lives  in  Iola,  Kansas.     No  children. 
5_7   MARY  CATHERINE  VAN  NUYS,  born  March  28, 
1842,  married  Richard  T.  Overstreet,  September  7, 
1863,  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana.     He  was  a  bank- 
er for  forty  years  in  Franklin,   Indiana,   where   he 
died.     Their  son  Adair  is  now  cashier  of  the  same 
bank.     Mrs.  Overstreet  lives  in  a  part  of  Franklin 
which  was  once  a  part  of  the  farm  of  her  grandfath- 
er, Tennis  Van  Nuys. 
Children: 
1_8  EDWARD   MERRITT  OVERSTREET,  born  Aug- 
ust 4,  1865,  married  Grace  Briggs,  June  18.  1890. 
They  live  in  Danville,  Kentucky.     One  daughter. 


246  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


1_9  Anne  Briggs  Overstreet. 
2_8   CLINTON  ADAIR  OVERSTREET,  born  July  19 
1867,  married  Anna  Riggs,  October  19,  1893. 
Children : 

1_9  Harold  Adair  Overstreet 
2_9  Helen  Elizabeth  Overstreet. 
3.8   MARY  ELIZABETH  OVERSTREET,  daughter  ol 
Richard  and   Mary,  was  born  October  16,   1869, 
and  married  H.  A.  Cuppy,  October  1,  1895.   They 
live  in  Lititz,  Pennsylvania.    No  children. 
4_8  RICHARD  BYRON  OVERSTREET,  born  July  20. 
1871,  married  Louise  B.  Voigt,  June  25,   1901. 
They  lived  in  New  York  City.     He  died  February 
6,  1905.     No  children. 
5_8   CHARLES  LESLIE  OVERSTREET,    born  August 
14,  1873,  married  Dorothy  Cole,  June  7,  1900.   He 
is    pastor    of    a    Presbvterian  church  in  El  Paso. 
Texas. 
Children  : 

1_9   Charles  Leslie  Overstreet,  Jr. 
2_9   Adelaide  Overstreet. 
6_8   GRACE  ESTELLE  OVERSTREET  was  born  Oc- 
tober 11,  1875,  and  married  Hugh  Payne,  October 
1,1895.     They  live  in  Franklin,  Indiana. 
Children : 

1_9  Richard  B.  Pavne,  2_9  Ellen  Pavne. 
7_8   CLARA   MARIE  OVERSTREET,  born  November 
28,  1884,  lives  in  Franklin. 
6_7   MARTHA    EMELINE    VAN    NUYS,    born  in  1844, 
lived  only  three  months. 

6_6  ELIZABETH  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Teunis  and  Catherine,    was  born    May  14, 
1814,  and  died  January  15,  1815. 

7_6   DAVID  VAN  NUYS, 
born  June  10,  1816,  died  June  22,  1816. 

8_6   CHARITY  VAN  NUYS, 
born  October  14,  1817,  married  William  McCaslin,  a  busi- 
ness man  of  Franklin,  Indiana,  on  May  1,  1838.    She  died 
December  29,  1839.     He  died  June  5,  1883. 
9_6  JOHN  H.  VAN  NUYS, 
son  of  Teunis  and  Catherine  (Demaree)   Van  Nuys,  was 
born  August  16,  1820,  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky.  April 
15,  1840,  he  married    Caroline  Low  Ditmars,    who  was 


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born  in  New  Jersey,  December  25,  1S21.*  She  died  May 
27,  1872,  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana.  He  was  a  well-to- 
do  farmer,  a  man  of  sterling-  worth,  and  an  elder  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Hopewell,  Indiana,  for  many 
years.  He  did  all  in  his  power  for  the  promotion  of  both 
elementary  and  higher  education,  and  was  a  trustee  of 
"Hanover  College"  at  Hanover,  Indiana,  for  about  thirty 
years.     He  died  July  3,  1894. 

Children  : 
1_7  SAMUEL  WATSON  VAN  NUYS,  born  January  22, 
1841,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  enlisting  in 
1861,  in  Co.  F,  Indiana,  Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was 
first  made  captain,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  September  29,  1864,  while  making 
a  charge  at  the  battle  before  Richmond,  he  held  the 
rank  of  "Acting  Assistant  Adjutant  General  of  3d 
Brigade.  3d  Division,  ISth  Army  Corps".  He  was  a 
true  and  brave  soldier,  and  a  man  of  rare  attain- 
ments. 
2_7  WILLIAM  MARSHALL  VAN  NUYS,  born  October 

16,  1842.  died  April  12,  1844. 
3_7  JOHN  DITMARS  VAN  NUYS,  born  December  7, 
1845,  married  Mary  Crowe,  October  24,  1873.  He 
was  a  physician,  and  was  assistant  Superintendent 
of  the  Kansas  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane  at  Os- 
sawatomie,  for  eighteen  years.  He  was  a  Presby- 
terian. He  lived  at  Butler,  Missouri,  for  some  time 
prior  to  his  death,  which  occurred  in  November, 
1915,  at  the  home  of  his  son,  in  New  Castle,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8  JESSIE    VAN    NUYS,    born  September  5,   1875, 

died  August  6,  1880. 
2_8  WALTER  CROWE  VAN  NUYS.     born     April  1, 
1877,  married  Margaret  Sword.  October  18,  1906. 
He  is  superintendent  of  the  "Indiana  State  Epilep- 
tic Village",  at  New  Castle,  Indiana. 

*NOTE — Caroline  Ditmars  was  descended,  no  doubt,  from  "Jan 
Jansen,  who  came  from  Ditmarsen,  Holland,  about  1638,  and  re- 
sided at  Dutch  Kills,  New  York.  His  sons  were  Jan,  Dowe,  and 
Hynier.  The  family  name  was  added  in  this  country  as  Van  Dit- 
marsen. The  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey  Ditrnars  families  seem 
to  be  descended  from  Dowe." — Honeyman's  Records. 


24S  VAX  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


Children : 

1_9  John  Ditmars  Van  Nuys,  born  October  10,  1907. 

2_9   Mary  Alice  Van  Nuys,  born  February  23,  1910. 

3_9  Walter  Crowe  Van  Nuys,  Jr.,  born  June  2,  1912. 

3_8  GRACE  VAN  NUYS,  born  October  24,  1880,  died 

September  29,  1884. 
4_8  ESTHER  VAN  NUYS,  born  November  28,  1882. 
married  Elmer  Silvers.     He  is  an  attorney  at  But- 
ler, Missouri.     One  adopted  child, 
1_9   Mary  Jean  Van  Nuys,  born  December  12,  1910. 
5_8  JOHN  DITMARS  VAN  NUYS,  bom  September  1. 

1885,  died  October  18,  1S86. 
6_8  HAROLD  MILLER  VAN  NUYS,  born  October  6, 
1891,  died  April  5,  1893. 
4_7  CHARLES  C,  VAN  NUYS,  son  of  John  H.  and  Caro- 
line Ditmars  Van  Nuys,  was  born  in  Johnson  County, 
Indiana,  February  14,  1852,  and  married  Maria  Ada- 
line  List,  September  6,  1876.     He  was  a  farmer  and 
dairyman  for  years.     He  and  his  wife  have  a  large 
boarding  house  at  Winona  Lake,  Indiana,  where  they 
spend  their  summers,  and  they  spend  their  winters 
at  Daytona  Beach,  Florida,  with  stays  at  Hopewell 
sandwiched   between.      His  son   has   charge   of  the 
farm.     He  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  was  superintendent 
of  the  sabbath  school  at  Hopewell  for  twenty-five 
consecutive    years,    a  man    interested  in  everything 
that  is  conducive  to  the  welfare  and  progress  of  the 
community  where  he  makes  his  home. 
Children  : 
1_8   WATSON  MORTON  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  24, 
1877,  married  Daisy  Branigin,  on  June  11,  1902. 
He  is  a  first-class,  up-to-date  farmer. 
2_8  EDNA  VAN  NUYS,  born  November  27,  1878,  mar- 
ried Rev.  Gilbert  Voorhies,  June  19,  1906.     He  is 
a  Presbyterian  minister,  at  Rockwell  City,  Iowa. 
Children: 

1_9   Martha  Adaline  Voorhies,  born  August  3,  1908, 
who  died  August  4,  1915,  from  injuries  inflicted 
by  a  frightened  horse. 
2_9   Virginia    Van    Nuys    Voorhies,    born    Julv    16, 
1912. 


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3_8  RUTH  VAN  NUYS,  born  June  26,  1884,  married 
Charles  McGehee,  in  April,  1904.     He  is  a  busi- 
ness man  of  Redondo  Beach,  California. 
4_8  KATHERINE    VAN  NUYS,    born  July  22.   18S7. 
married    Arthur    Earl    Granger,    on  October  18, 
1911.     He  is  a  business  man  of  Marion,  Iowa,  and 
owns  a  fine  farm. 
5_7   MARY  KATE  VAN  NUYS,  daughter  of  John  and 
Caroline  Ditmars  Van  Nuys,  was  born  October  29, 
1858,  and  on  March  28,  1879,  was  married  to  Elias 
Smith  Miller,  who  was  a  Presbyterian  minister.   She 
died  September  14,  1895.     He  died  January  3,  1905. 
Children: 
1_8  JESSIE    MILLER,    born    October  15.   1880,  died 

August  18,  1899. 
2_8   HUGH  VAN  NUYS  MILLER,  born  July  26,  1883. 
3_8   GRACE  MILLER,  born  December  10,  1886,  died 

August  13,  1892. 
4_8   WILLIAM    BRUCE    MILLER,    born    February  4, 
1890,  died  December  1,  1906. 

10_6  JANE  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Teunis  and  Catherine,  was  born  September 
8,  1822,  and  died  December  29,  1S29. 

11_6  CORNELIUS  D.  VAN  NUYS, 
son  of  Teunis  and  Catherine,  was  born  October  19,  1824, 
in  Shelby  County.  Kentucky,  and  was  married  to  Jane 
Ditmars  on  March  IS.  1845.  He  was  a  farmer,  success- 
ful, and  honorable  in  all  his  dealings  with  his  fellowmen. 
He  served  his  country  in  the  Civil  War,  and  his  God  in 
the  Church,  having  been  first  a  deacon  and  later  an  elder 
at  Honewell.  He  died  May  26,  1909.  His  wife  died  May 
14,  1891. 

Children: 
1_7  ELECTA    JANE    VAN    NUYS.    born  December  29, 

1846,  died  August  21,  1851. 
2_7  SARAH  BELLE  VAN  NUYS,  born  October  8,  1848. 

died  December  7.  1850. 
3_7  CHAUNCEY  L.  VAN  NUYS,  born  April  10,  1852. 
married  on  October  3.  1877,  Anna  C.  Powers,  who 
died  April  25,  1884.  He  was  married  again  on  Aug- 
ust 30.  18S8.  to  Melissa  K.  Jones.  She  died  Novem- 
ber 7,   1904,  and  he  married   Mabel   Grace  Palmer, 


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June  21,  1911.     He  is  a  farmer,  and  an  elder  in  the 
Hopewell  Church. 
Children:   (First  marriage) 
1_8  NINA  ANITA  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  20,  1878. 

died  March  18,  1904. 
2.8  ROSCOE    G.    VAN    NUYS,    born  November  11, 
1881,  married  May  Helen  Gordon  on  January  4, 
1913.     He  is  a  physician,  living  in  California.     In 
1916,  he  and  his  wife  offered  themselves  for  the 
foreign  mission  field  under  the  American  Board, 
and  were  accepted,  but  have  not  yet  been  assign- 
ed to  a  field.     He  was  a  member  of  the  General 
Assembly    of  the    Presbyterian   Church  in   1916. 
One  daughter, 
1_9   Marion  Ellen  Van  Nuys,  born  Oct.  15,  1914. 
Children:   (Second  marriage) 
3_8  CORNELIUS  LA  MARK  VAN  NUYS,  born  June 

30,  1889. 
4_8  JEANETTE  HELEN  VAN  NUYS,  born  December 
17,  1891. 
4_7   CORNELIUS  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  18,  1857,  died 
July  19,  1880. 

12_6  EMELINE  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Teunis  and  Catherine,  was  born  January  23, 
1827,  and  was  married  to  Charles  D.  Campbell,  June  13, 
1845.  He  was  a  man  of  tine  character,  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Knightstown,  Indiana.  She  died 
September  20,  1845. 

13_6  CATHERINE  VAN  NUYS, 
daughter  of  Teunis  and  Catherine,  was  born  January  23, 
1827,  (twin  of  Emeline)  and  married  first,  Jesse  Wil- 
liams, on  May  5,  1846.  She  was  married  2nd,  on  Decem- 
ber 13,  1849,  to  Dr.  James  Ritchie,  born  June  6,  1804,  in 
Erie  County,  Pennsylvania.  In  1830,  he  graduated  from 
the  Medical  College  of  Cincinnati,  and  he  practiced  med- 
icine in  Franklin.  Indiana,  for  almost  forty  years.  Be- 
tween 1840  and  1850.  he  served  two  terms  as  represent- 
ative and  three  as  senator  in  the  State  Legislature.  While 
in  the  Senate  he  recommended  the  building  of  a  State 
asylum  for  the  insane  and  advocated  it  so  strongly  that  he 
was  regarded  as  the  founder  of  that  great  institution. 
which  he  served  as  trustee  for  nine  years.  In  1852,  he  was 
a  member  of  the  convention  which  framed  the  present 


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constitution  of  the  State  of  Indiana,  and  he  was  a  member 
of  three  national  conventions  for  the  nomination  of  pres- 
ident, one  being  that  which  nominated  Lincoln.  lie  was 
strongly  anti-slavery  and  during  the  Civil  War  he  labored 
unceasingly  in  support  of  the  Union.  An  eider  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  he  frequently  sat  as  a  member  of 
her  presbyteries,  synods  and  General  Assembly.  He  died 
September  25,  18S8.  Catherine  Van  Nuys  Ritchie  died 
September  29,  1893. 

Children:  (first  marriage) 
1_7   HARRIETT  WILLIAMS,  born  May  5,  1847,  married 
George  Besse,  December  24,   1877.     They  lived  at 
Remington,  Indiana,  and  she  died  there  September 
9,  1915. 
Children : 
1_8   GERTRUDE  BESSE,  born  September  3,  1880.  She 

is  a  teacher. 
2_8  KATHERINE    BESSE,    born    May  30,  1884,  is  a 

milliner. 
3_8  RANDOLPH  BESSE,  born  February  2,  1887,  died 

February  22.  1892. 
4_8   CHESTER     BESSE,     born  July  17,  1890,  married 
Ella   O'Conner,  February  8,   1910.     No   children. 
All  this  family  live  at  Remington,  Indiana. 
Children:   (Second  marriage) 
2_7   OMAR  C.  RITCHIE,    born    May  23,  1854,  married 
Ida  Perry,  September  20,   1893.     He  owns  and  oc- 
cupies a  large  plantation  near  L' Argent,  Louisiana,  a 
progressive  farmer,  who  is  vitally  interested  in  the 
development  of  the  South,  and  in  improved  methods 
of  farming  there. 
3_7   KATE   RITCHIE,   born   February    1,    1857,    married 
James  F.  Watson,  December  18,   1879.     He  was  a 
farmer  in  Indiana.      He  died  September   10,   1897. 
She  now  lives  in  Rensselaer,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8  ELSIE  WATSON,  born  Oct.  20,  1880,  was  married 
on  June  10,   1903,  to  Dr.  Ira.   M.  Washburne,  a 
practicing  physician  of  Rensselaer,  Indiana. 
Children: 

1_9   Josephine  Washburn,  born  July  1,  1904. 
2_9    Mary  Washburne,  born  January  31,  190G. 


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3_9  Nathaniel  Washburne,  born  December  25,  1907. 
4_9  Elsie  Washburne,  born  April  12,  1915. 
2_8  ELLA  WATSON,  born  April  8,  1882,  married  Ben 

F.  Fendig,  August  21,  1907.     He  is  a  druggist  in 

Rensselaer,  Indiana. 

Children: 

1_9  Ralph  Watson  Fendig,  born  June  10,  1908. 
2..9  Frederick  Fendig,  born  May  4,  1911. 
3_8   MYRA  WATSON,  born  August  24,  1887,  married 
Dr.  Raymond  Cole  Beeler,  on  October  1G,   1915. 
He  is  an  X-ray  specialist  in  Indianapolis. 
4_8  CHARLES  J.  WATSON,  born  August  7.  1890,  died 

August  12,  1890. 
5_8   CATHERINE  WATSON,  born  April  22,  1896. 
4_7  ELLA  RITCHIE,  daughter  of  James  and  Catherine, 
was  born  April  5,  1859,  and  lives  in  Louisiana,  with 
her  brother. 
5_7   ANNA  RITCHIE,  born  September  2,  1864,  married 
John  W.  Paxton,  December  3,  1884.     He  is  in  the 
lumber  business  in  South  Rend,  Indiana. 
Children: 
1_8  HERBERT  PAXTON,  born  July  1,  1886. 
2_8  FLORENCE    PAXTON,    born   October   19,    1888, 
married  Jesse  L.  Pavey,  on  October  14,  1915.     He 
is  in  the  Casuality  Insurance  business  in  Indianap- 
olis. 
6_7  IRENE  RITCHIE,  born  September  7,  1867,  married 
first,  David  M.  Nelson,  October  10,  1888.     He  was  a 
promising   young   educator   and    superintendent  of 
schools,  but  his  career  was  cut  short  by  death,  April 
29,    1891.     She  was    married    again    on  January  9, 
1895,  to  Rev.  Edward  Baech,  who  died  May  4,  1912. 
in  the  prime  of  life.     He  was  a  minister  in  the  Pres- 
byterian church.     Mrs.  Baech  resides  in  South  Bend. 
Indiana. 
Children: 
1_8  CHARLES  R.  NELSON,  born  January  19,  1890,  is 

cashier  in  a  bank  at  South  Bend. 
2_8  KATHARINE  BAECH,  born  July  21,  1896. 
3_8   DOROTHY    BAECH,    born   December   13,    1899, 
died  May  21,  1905. 


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4_8  EDWARD  R.  BAECH,  born  July  2,  1906. 

14_6  JAMES  HERVEY  LOGAN  VAN  NUYS,  D.  D., 
son  of  Teunis  and  Catherine  (Deniaree)  Van  Nuys,  was 
born  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  November  3,  1830.  He 
graduated  from  Hanover  College  in  1848.  and  from 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  1852.  Wabash  Col- 
lege conferred  the  degree  of  D.  D.  in  1881.  He  went  to 
Goshen,  Indiana,  in  the  fall  of  1852,  and  the  next  year 
organized  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  that  city.  He 
was  its  only  pastor  until  1903,  when,  upon  the  fiftieth  an- 
niversary of  his  installation,  he  was  made  pastor  Emeri- 
tus, and  his  nephew,  the  Rev.  Ezra  Allen  Van  Nuys,  be- 
came the  active  pastor.  He  served  as  pastor  Emeritus  un- 
til his  death,  February  16,  1912, — a  most  remarkable  un- 
ion and  career  of  pastor  and  people,  sixty  years.  In  1877 
he  made  a  tour  of  Europe,  which  occasion  was  his  only 
prolonged  absence  from  his  charge.  Scholarly  dignity 
and  deep  spirituality  formed  the  key  note  of  Dr.  Van 
Nuys's  character.  With  a  most  loving  and  sympathetic 
nature,  he  was  inflexible  in  matters  of  duty  and  righteous 
ness.  He  was  twice  married,  first  to  Rebekah  Hume  Wil- 
liams, on  May  28,  1868.  She  died  April  29,  1869,  and  on 
January  21,  1871,  he  was  married  to  Lillie  Loring,  who 
died  March  4,  1903.  One  son  by  the  first  marriage. 
1_7  SAMUEL  WILLIAMS  VAN  NUYS,  born  April  16, 
1869,  died  September  5,  1869. 


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CHAPTER  XII 


JAMES  VAN  NUYS 
James  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 

DESCENDANTS  of  Isaac  and  Flora  (Quick)  Van  Nuys, 
in  line  of  their  son  James. 

7_5  JAMES  VAN  NUUYS  was  born  in  Somerset  Coun- 
ty, New  Jersey,  probably  in  1777  or  1778,  and  went  with 
his  parents  to  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  in  1791.  There 
on  January  1,  1806,  he  married  Tinie  Bice,  and  moved  to 
a  farm  in  Henry  County,  near  Pleasureville,  where  he 
spent  his  life  ,and  where  some  of  his  descendants  still  re- 
side. This  was  in  "The  Dutch  Tract"  previously  men- 
tioned, which  had  been  purchased  by  a  company  from 
Mercer  County,  including  some  of  the  Bices,  Canines  and 
Van  Arsdales.  James  Van  Nuys  was  a  sergeant  in  the 
War  of  1812,  and  was  in  the  Battle  of  New  Orleans.  He 
lived  to  a  great  age,  and  was  almost  blind  before  he  died. 
Children  of  James  and  Tinie  Van  Nuys: 
1_6  MARY  VAN  NUYS 
was  born    July  17,  18UG,    and  married    William    Jacoby, 


♦NOTE — Tinie  Bice  was  a  descendant  of  Jan  Cornells  Buys,  (Lat- 
er spelling  Buis,  Boyce,  Bice)  through  his  son  Jacoh,  who  settled  in 
Middlesex  County,  New  Jersey,  and  was  ancestor  of  the  Somerset 
County  Boyce  and  Bice  families.  Cornells  Buys  came  from  Holland 
in  1648,  and  was  married  in  New  Amsterdam  about  1653,  to  Ida 
Lubbertse.  They  lived  at  Flatbush,  Long  Island.  His  sons  were 
Hendrick,  Lubbert,  Cornelius,  Jacob  and  Matthys.  This  Jacob  had 
a  son  Cornelius,  who  it  appears  was  the  father  of  Dennys  Buys, 
whose  daughter  Tinie  married  James  Van  Nuys.  According  to  one 
informant,  this  Dennis  married  Annie  Cebern,  but  the  record  oi 
baptisms  in  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  at  Neshanic,  New  Jersey, 
reads,  Denys  and  Annie  (Lebant)  Buys,  with  children's  names  and 
ages  so  nearly  the  same  that  there  can  be  no  doubt  of  their  identity. 

Lydia  Buys,  baptized  May  25,  17  66.  Aeltie,  baptized  August  7. 
1768.  Cornelius,  baptized  April  21.  1771.  Maria,  baptized  August 
1,  1773,  Johannes,  baptized  April  1,  177S.  Catelyna,  baptized  No- 
vember 10,  1780. 

The  above  are  from  the  records  of  the  Neshanic  Church.  Bat  i' 
seems  that  Dennis  and  Annie  Lebant  Buys  then  moved   io  that   re- 


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who  was  born  March  30,  1810,  and  died  March  27,  1888. 
She  died  at  Pleasureville,  Kentucky,  in  1898. 

"Aunt  Mary"  Jacoby,  as  she  was  affectionately  called 
by  relatives  and  friends,  was  a  pioneer  in  many  ways,  and 
her  stories  of  Indian  fights,  many  of  which  she  herself 
saw,  together  with  incidents  of  the  Civil  War,  always 
drew  for  her  an  interested  audience.  She  was  not  con- 
nected with  any  church  as  a  member,  but  her  activity  in 
caring  for  those  sick  or  afflicted  was  continuous.  No 
night  was  too  dark  or  too  cold  for  her  to  answer  the  sum- 
mons and  render  assistance.  She  resided  on  her  farm 
near  Pleasureville.  and  her  quaint  home  with  the  old 
spring  and  orchards  was  a  pleasure  to  behold.  Her  cook- 
ing in  the  old  fireplace  was  a  marvel  to  the  younger  gen- 
erations who  saw  her  dextrous  manipulation  of  the  old 
iron  skillets  and  other  articles.  No  modern  artist  can 
fully  portray  the  scenes  enacted  in  her  humble  home, 
where  "peace  and  plenty"  was  as  natural  an  emblem  as 
this  same  motto  on  the  old  china  "from  across  the  water" 
which  graced  her  table.  She  rode  her  horse,  and  amused 
her  friends,  even  when  past  middle  age,  by  placing  her 
hand  on  the  horse's  mane,  then  springing  from  the  ground 
into  the  saddle,  without  assistance.     She  rode  on  a  rail- 

markable  settlement  of  New  Jersey  people  at  Conewago  in  York 
(now  Adams)  County,  Pennsylvania,  for  in  the  Conewago  Church 
baptismal  record  is  found: 

"November  12,  1786,  Antie  Buis,  daughter  of  Dennis  and 
Antie   (Lebant)   Buis." 

And  Dennis  Van  Duyn  Buys  is  among  the  names  of  those  known 
to  have  resided  at  Conewago.  Aeltie,  Maria,  Johannes  and  Catelyna 
we  know  as  Dutch  forms  of  Letitia  or  Lettice.  Mary.  John  and  Cath- 
erine, and  no  doubt  Tinie  is  a  diminutive  of  Antie,  and  that  Tinie 
Bice  was  born  at  Conewago,  Pennsylvania,  November  12,  17 8G,  and 
was  of  the  number  who  went  down  the  Ohio  River  to  what  is  now 
Maysville,  and  then  went  overland  to  Mercer  County,  Kentucky. 

Dennis  Bice  was  born  December  1,  1745,  and  died  July  18,  1835. 
Annie  Bice,  his  wife,  was  born  March  C,  1748,  and  died  June  21, 
1813.  Their  children:  Lydia  Bice  married  Andrew  Canine.  Lettice 
Bice  married  John  Brinkerhoff.  Cornelius  Bice  married  Annie  De- 
maree.  Mary  Bice  married  Peter  Canine.  John  Bice  married  Phoebe 
Demaree,  Catherine  Bice  married  John  Davis.  Tinie  Bice  married 
James  Van  Nuys. 


2S6  VAX  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


road  train  for  the  first  and  only  time,  just  a  few  years  bo- 
fore  she  died.  She  was  the  embodiment  of  a  noble  type 
of  womanhood. 

Four  Children: 
1_7  JOHN  F.  JACOBY,  born  January  30,  1835,  married 
Melissa  D.  Humphreys,  who  died  September  9,  191U. 
He  died  July  4,  1890. 
Children: 
1_8  WILLIAM    E.    JACOBY,    born  October  3,  18G0, 

died  October  21,  1862. 
2_8   MARY    A.    JACOBY.    born  April  19,  1863,  died 

March  27,  1882. 
3_8   JAMES    EGBERT    JACOBY,    bom    October    30, 
1865,  married  in  December,  1888,  Nancy  Roberts, 
of  Lexington,  Kentucky.     They  live  at  Louisville, 
where    he  is  a    book-keeper.     He  now    owns  his 
father's  old  farm  near  Pleasureville.     One  son, 
1_9  James  Price  Jacoby,  born  October  15,  1893. 
4_8   GEORGE  ALONZO  JACOBY,  born  September  8. 
1867,  married  April  20,  1897.  Sarah  S.  Hiatt, 
daughter  of  M.  P.  and  Sarah  Mitchell  Hiatt,  of 
Louisville,  Kentucky.     He  died  April  20,  1904,  at 
Pleasureville,  where  his  widow  now  lives. 
Children : 
1_9  Sarah  Elizabeth  Jacoby,  born  August  25,  1898, 

died  April  25,  1900,  at  Pleasureville,  Ky. 
2_9  George  Alonzo  Jacoby,  born  May  13,  1904. 
5_8  HENRY    O.    JACOBY,    born  December  17,  1869, 
died  March  6,  1904. 
2.7  JAMES  M.  JACOBY,  born  April  21,  1840,  died  un- 
married. 
3_7   WM.  H.  JACOBY,  born  July  21,  1845,  died  February 

21,  1885,  unmarried. 
4_7  ISAAC    NEWTON    JACOBY,    born    September    2. 
1849,  married  in  Pleasureville,  December  28,  1881, 
Carrie   Holloway,   born   June   3,    1855.     She  was  a 
daughter  of  Capt.  L.  D.  and  Elizabeth  (Poindexter) 
Holloway.     Her  mother    died    December  23,   1889. 
Her  father  is  still  living,  in   his  ninety  third  year. 
Five  Children: 
1_8  LORENZO  M.  JACOBY,  born  January  18,  1883. 
He  is  unmarried. 


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2_8  ISAAC  N.  JACOBY,  JR.,  born  February  14,  1885, 

died  February  21.  3  892. 
3_8   ADDIE  D.  JACOBY,  born  February  6,  1S87,  mar- 
ried Elry  Clubb,    at  Louisville,    on  June  6,  1906. 
They  live  on    a  farm    near    Franklinton,    Henry 
County,  Kentucky,  and  have  one  daughter, 
1_9  Rose  Frances  Clubb,  born  August  1G,  1907, 
4_8  ROSA    V.    JACOBY,    born  March  26,  1890,  was 
married  in  Shelbyville,  Kentucky,  December  18, 
1912,  to  Opha  Stalker.     They  live  near  Pleasure- 
ville,  on  a  farm.     No  children. 
5_8  FRED  H.  JACOBY,  born  May  10.  1895. 
2_6  DENNIS  BICE  VAN  NUYS, 
son  of  James  and  Tinie  Bice  Van  Nuys,  was  born  in  Henry 
County,  Kentucky,  February  14,  1808,  and  was  married 
January  19,  1832,  to  Sarah  Ann  Sams.     They  lived  on  a 
farm  in  Henry  County  for  a  good  many  years,  then  mov- 
ed to  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  he  died,  Julv  27,  1851. 
They  were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church.     Mrs.  C.  V. 
Holland  relates  the  following:  Sarah  Ann  Sams  received 
a  number  of  slaves  as  her  "marriage  portion"  of  the  estate 
of  her  father,  but  Dennis  Van  Nuys  did  not  "believe  in 
slavery",  hence  they  agreed  to  free  them,  but  the  slaves 
would  not  leave  their  owners.     So  they  set  off  a  portion 
of  their  place,  which  was  divided  up  for  the  slaves  to 
work.  They  were  instructed  to  work  on  their  own  allotted 
ground  when  not  employed  on  the  regular  plantation,  and 
the  proceeds  of  the  land  cultivated  by  each  slave  was  se- 
curely placed  for  his  benefit.     Thus  it  was  worked  for 
years,   until   finally,   when  slavery   was  abolished,   these 
slaves  had  various  sums    of  money    up  to  830,000  each, 
which  was  given  to  them.     The  slaves  remained  faithful, 
and  up  to  the  time  of  her  death  and  the  death  of  her 
daughter  ,Eliza  Van  Nuys  Holland,    the    slaves    would 
come  and  go  on  visits  to  their  former  owners.     Even  to- 
day when  members  of  the  family  go  back  to  the  old  home 
community  the  descendants  of  the  former  slaves  will  flock 
in  to  see  them. 

Children  of  Dennis  and  Sarah  A.  Van  Nuys: 
1_7  JAMES  MADISON  VAN  NUYS.  was  born  April  23, 
1833,  and  on  June  2,  185G.  he  was  married  to  Mary 
Hawkins,  near  Warsaw.  Kentucky.     For  some  years 
they  resided  in  Henry  County,    near    Pleasureville, 


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but  they  finally  moved  to  Warsaw,  Gallatin  County, 
where  he  died,  April  2,  1901.  His  widow  died  at 
Warsaw,  April  27,  1902.  James  Madison  Van  Nu\> 
was  a  man  of  few  words  and  of  very  positive  char- 
acter, and  he  was  a  writer  of  no  mean  ability.  He 
was  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  and  for  many  years  repre- 
sented his  lodge  in  the  Grand  Lodge  at  Louisville. 
They  were  Baptists.  Some  of  his  children,  in  common 
with  other  branches  of  the  family,  have  seen  fit  to 
change  their  family  name  to  Vannice  or  Van  Nice, 
but  which  use  the  latter  spelling,  is  not  shown  in  the 
data  sent  in,  all  being  spelled  Van  Nuys. 
Children : 
1_8   MARTHA    ELLA     VAN    NUYS,   born   April  28. 

1857,  was  married  to  Charles  W.  Snodgrass,  July 

4,  1888.     They  live  in  the  State  of  Washington. 
Children : 
1_9  James  Van  Nuys  Snodgrass,  born  May  29,  1889. 

is  married. 
2_9  Jennie  Elkin  Snodgrass,  born  May  1,  1892. 
3_9  Benjamin  Franklin  Snodgrass,  born  September 
18,  1896. 
2_8  LENA    RIVERS    VAN    NUYS,    born  October  16. 

1860,  married  Luther  (D.  L.)   Rice,  September  8, 

1880.     She  died  February  17,  1896,  leaving  seven 
Children : 

1_9   Mary  Rice,  who  married  Wald,  and  had 

five  children:  William,  Jephtha,  David,  Henry, 
and  Mary  Lee. 
2_9  Salin  Rice,  who  married  and  has  one  daughter, 
Mouvareen  Bell. 

3_9  Angie  Rice,  who  married Darnell,  and  has 

Two  Children: 

1_10  Robert  L.  Darnell,  born  January  5,  1912. 

2_10  Rose  M.  Darnell,  born  February  7,  1915. 
4_9   Howard  Rice,  who  is  married  and  has  one  son, 

1_10   Howard  Victor  Rice. 
5_9  Luther  Rice,  unmarried. 

6_9  Lena  Rice,  who  married  Powell.     Three 

sons, 

1_10  Roy  Bird  Powel 

2_10  Howard  Lee  Powell 

3_10  L.  B.  Powell. 


DESCENDANTS  ISAAC  AND  FLORA  VAN  NUYSlJAMES  7_5) 


7_9  Lora     Rice,     who    married   Cunningham. 

One  son, 
1_10   Hugh  Roger  Cunningham. 
3_8  BYRON  G.  VAN  NUYS,  born  February  9,  1862. 
4_8  WHITFIELD  HAWKINS  VAN  NUYS,  born  Sep- 
tember 4,   1863,  was  married    to  Lizzie    Turner, 
March  2,  1889. 
5_8  ANNIE  E.  VAN  NUYS.  born  November  4,  1865, 

died  November  11,  1876. 
6_8  VIVIAN  G.  VAN  NUYS.  born  October  11,  1867. 

Lives  in  San  Diego,  California. 
7_8  EUGENE  S.  VAN  NUYS,  born  October  2,  1868, 

died  September  9.  1875. 
8_8  RUTH    R.    VAN  NUYS.    born  June  5,  1871,  was 
married  to  W.  B.  Ray,  October  16,  1899  in  War- 
saw (?),  Kentucky. 
Children: 

1_9   Mary  Mildred  Ray,  born  November  29,  1906. 
2_9  William  B.  Ray,  born  March  16,  1908. 
9_8   GRACE  G.   VAN  NUYS,    born   March   15,   1873, 
married  Ed.  L.  Owen,  June  14,  1904.     One  son, 
1_9   Arthur  Lee  Owen,  born  June  3  0,  1906. 
10_8  WILLIAM.  ARTHUR  VAN  NUYS,  born  Septem- 
ber 15,   1874,  married   Mabelle  Roberts,  June  4, 
1900.  who  was  born  Julv  30,  1878.     One  son, 
1_9  William  Roberts  Van  Nuvs,  born  Sept.  25,  1909. 
11_8   KELLY  P.  VAN  NUYS.  bom  November  5,  1876, 

d::ed  May  25,  1905. 
12_8   D.  ETHOL  VAN  NUYS.  born  October  19,  1878, 
married  Bernice  Busey,  July  11,  1901. 
Children : 

1_9  Francis  M.  Van  Nuvs,  born  September  10,  1902. 
2_9   Mabelle  L.  Van  Nuvs,  born  March  11,  1905. 
3_9  Ernest  R.  Van  Nuys,  bom  July  21,  1907. 
4_9   Don  B.  Van  Nuvs.  born  November  3.  1909. 
13_8  VICTOR  VAN  NUYS,  bom  March  22,  1881,  who 
married  and  lives  in  California. 
2_7  JOHN  CURRY  GUNN  VAN  NUYS.  second  son  of 
Dennis  Bice  and  Sarah  Ann  Van  Nuys,  married  Ter- 
ence Lawrence,    and    moved   to  northern   Missouri. 
Thev  both  died  some  years  ago,  leaving  no  issue. 
3_7  ELIZA  JANE  VAN  NUYS,  only  daughter  of  Dennis 
Bice  and  Sarah  Ann    (Sams)   Van  Nuys.    was    born 


260  VAX  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


December  1,  1837,  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  or: 
November  30,  1853,  was  married  there  to  William 
Allison  Holland,  who  was  born  at  Edinburg,  Indian:;. 
and  was  a  descendant  of  Lord  Holland,  of  England. 
In  a  short  time  they  removed  to  New  Castle,  Ken- 
tucky, and  thence  to  Eminence,  in  that  state,  where, 
in  1868,  William  Allison  Holland  established  "The 
Constitutionalist",    a   weekly   newspaper,    which   he 
successfully  conducted  as  editor  and  publisher  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  December  27,  1903.     He 
was  a  keen  observer  of  affairs,  a  clear  thinker,  and 
an  able  writer,  and  in  the  conduct  of  "The  Consti- 
tutionalist" he  established  a  well-earned  reputation 
as  one  of  Kentucky's  leading  journalists.     Eliza  Van 
Nuys  Holland  spent  her  life  in  Kentucky,  and  with 
the  aristocrat's  pride  in  both  state  and  family,  she 
shared    his  intolerance    of  whatever  might  tend  to 
lower  the  dignity  or  tarnish  the  name  of  either.  She 
was  one  of  the  rare  number  who  kept  any  record  of 
the  Van  Nuys  family.     She  died  at  Eminence,  Ken- 
tucky, August  10,  1901.     They  were  members  of  the 
Christian  Church,  as  are  all  their 
Children: 
1_8   MATTIE  FLORENCE   HOLLAND,   born   June  4, 
1857,  married  first,  \V.  Stephenson,  and  second. 
William    H.    Homer.     They    live  at  1837  Shelby 
street,  New  Albany,  Indiana.  No  children. 
2_8  EDWARD  RAMSEY  HOLLAND,  born  November 
16,  1859,  near  Campbellburg,  Kentucky,  married 
Minnie    Wheat,    in    Dallas,   Texas,   December  1. 
1887.     They  live  at  San  Antonio,  Texas. 
Their  Children : 
1_9  Edward  Ramsey  Holland,  Jr.,  born  September 

14,  1892. 
2_9  Jean  Elizabeth  Holland,  born  April  2,  1905. 
3_8  GEORGE  ALLISON  HOLLAND,  born  at  Sulphur. 
Kentucky,  September  8,  1861,  married  Jean  Gil- 
lespie, of  Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  in  1886.  They 
now  live  in  Lexington,  Kentucky.  No  children. 
4_8   CLAUDE  VAN  NUYS  HOLLAND,  born  at  New 
Castle,   Kentucky,  September  9,   1863,  was  mar- 
ried   on    September  17,    1885,    to  Emma  Chase, 
daughter    of    Ira  Joy    and  Rhoda  Jane    (Cattle) 


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Chase.*  She  is  a  member  of  the  D.  A.  R.  They 
live  in  San  Antonio.  Texas,  where  he  is  vice  presi- 
dent of  The  Express  Publishing  Company,  and 
publisher  of  the  San  Antonio  Daily  Express,  a 
paper  of  national  reputation.     They  have  two 

Children : 

1_9  Lorena    Grace    Holland,  born  August  7,  1887, 

*NOTE — Ira  Joy  Chase  was  a  minister  in  the  Christian  Church 
all  his  life,  but  between  the  years  1S90  and  1S93,  he  served  as  gov- 
ernor of  Indiana.  Having  been  elected  Lieutenant  Governor,  on  the 
death  of  Governor  Hovey  he  succeeded  to  the  office.  He  was  a  Civil 
War  veteran,  and  had  served  the  G.  A.  R.  of  Indiana  as  State  Com- 
mander. He  was  a  man  of  power  and  influence  both  in  the  pulpit 
and  in  the  forum,  but  met  a  sudden  and  untimely  death  on  May  11, 
1S9  5.  Ho  was  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Joy.  and  from  "Thomas  Joy 
and  his  descendants"  is  gleaned  the  following  concerning  the  JOY- 
CHASE  lineage: 

David  Joy  was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  December  16, 
1724,  and  died  in  Russia,  Herkimer  County,  New  York,  in  1S09.  He 
was  a  farmer.  f;nd  removed  to  Guilford.  Vermont,  about  17G6.  He 
served  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  and  was  at  the  taking  of  Fort 
Ticouderoga,  in  the  Revolutionary  Wrar.  He  is  said  to  have  been  a 
"Platoon"  officer  under  Gen.  Ruggles.  He  married  Elizabeth  Allen. 
David  Joy,  their  son.  was  born  July  5.  1754.  and  died  March  7.  1813, 
in  Fabius,  New  York,  whither  he  had  gone  in  1S00  from  Guilford  Vt. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  married  Hannah 
Partridge,  who  was  born  at  Barre,  Massachusetts,  in  1757,  and  died 
April  13,  1S30.  They  had  ten  children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Patience 
Joy,  born  in  Guilford,  Vermont,  August  3,  1777,  married  Benjamin 
Chase.     They  had  five  children: 

Horace  Chase,  who  married  Esther  Maxfield,  Chauncey,  who  mar- 
ried Sophronia  Barrett,  Marcia,  who  died,  Henry,  who  married  first. 
Delia  Conger,  and  second,  Mrs.  Amy  A.  Draper,  aDd  Benjamin  Chase, 
who  was  born  March  24,  1S08.  and  married  Lunnda  Mix.  He  died 
in  February,  1S78.  Their  eldest  son,  Ira  Chase,  born  December  7, 
1S34,  married  Rhoda  Jane  Castle,  on  March  24,  1859.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  B.  F.  Castle,  a  pioneer  of  Cook  County,  111.,  whose  sons 
are  well  known  business  men  of  Chicago.  Of  the  children  of  Ira 
Joy  Chase  and  Rhoda  Castle,  Florence  and  Clarence  died  in  infancy. 
Benjamin  died  in  1886,  Emma  married  Claude  Van  Nuys  Holland. 
Electa  married  Horace  G.  Murphy,  and  Frank  E.  married  Louise 
Kniffin. 


VAN  XUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


married  Henry  Seeligson,  of  Dallas,  Texas.  Two 
Children  : 

1_10   Harry  Seeligson,  born  February  5,  1913. 
2_10  Helen  Louise  Seeligson,  born  April  25,  1915. 
2_9  Ira  Joy  Chase  Holland,  born  March  24,  1891. 
5_8  HARRY  HOLLAND  was  born  and  died  in  1866. 
6_8  CLARENCE  ST.  ELMO  HOLLAND,  son  of  Wm. 
A.  and  Eliza  Jane,  was  bora  April  27,   1867,  at 
New    Castle,    Kentucky,    and    married    Elizabeth 
Traylor,  November  30,  1887.    They  live  at  Victor- 
ia, Texas,  and  have  four 
Children : 

1_9  Beulah  Elizabeth  Holland,  born  September  4. 
1889,  married  Ernest  Kingswell  Smith,  April  7. 
1913.  They  live  at  Victoria,  Texas.  They  have 
no  children. 
2_9  Oriana  Vivian  Holland,  born  December  25. 
1891,  married  Oscar  McVean  Lander,  August 
3,  1912.  They  live  at  Victoria,  and  have  two 
Children : 

1_10  Frank  Blair  Lander,  born  Feb.  13.  1914. 
2_10  Clarence  Holland  Lander,  born  Oct.  9,  1915. 
3_9   Clarence  Raymond  Holland,  born  Apr.  16,  1894. 
4_9   Marjory  Holland,  bora  August  6.  1897. 
7_8   GUY    PERCIVAL    HOLLAND,    born    October    5, 
1870,  was  married  August  7,  1894,  to  Mrs.  Rose 
Calloway  Wilson.     They  reside  in  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky.    One  son, 
1_9  George  Percival  Holland,  born  July  22,  1895. 
8_8  HAROLD    DENNIS    HOLLAND,    bora    May    14, 
1873,  married  Alma  Fisher,  who  died  in  1910.  He 
married  again,  and  they  now  live  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio. 
Children:  (First  marriage) 

1_9   Margaret    Louise  Holland,    bora  February  18, 
1895,  married  Perry  D.  Chapman,  on  June  15, 
1915.     They  live  at  Henderson,  Texas. 
2_9   Glover  Allison  Holland,  born  May  17,  1900,  at 
Eminence,  Kentucky,  lives  at  Dallas,  Texas. 
9_8  ELIZABETH  VAN  NUYS  HOLLAND,   born   De- 
cember 6,  1877,  was  married  on  June  10,  1896,  at 
Eminence,  Kentucky,  to  Dr.  John  Cabell  Cassity, 
who  is    a  physician    in    San  Antonio,  Texas.     His 


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family  lived  in  Bath  and  Owen  Counties,  in  Ken- 
tucky, and  were  of  English  descent.     His  mother 

was Bridges.     They  have  one  son, 

1_9  Jack  Holland  Cassity,  born  March  28,  1897. 
3_6  ISAAC  COVERT  VANICE, 
son  of  James  and  Tinie  Bice  Van  Nuys,  was  born  in  Hen- 
ry County,  Kentucky,  August  24,  1810,  and  was  married 
near  Eminence  in  that  county  on  September  28,  1837,  to 
Eleanor  Smith,  born  October  12,  1818,  and  a  daughter  of 
Scotch  Robin  Smith.  They  lived  near  Pleasureville  until 
1840,  when  they  removed  to  Miami,  Missouri,  where  he 
died.  January  16,  1S99.  in  the  sixty-second  year  of  their 
married  life.  His  widow  died  in  Lovelady,  Texas,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1906.  She  was  unusually  well  educated  for  those 
pioneer  times,  and  was  very  fond  of  history.  Her  rem- 
iniscences would  today  make  entertaining  and  instructive 
reading  if  they  had  been  preserved.  After  the  death  of 
her  husband  she  made  her  home  with  her  grand-daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  David  Allen  Garrison.  This  worthy  couple  were 
faithful  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  short- 
ened their  name  to  Vanice.     Four 

Children: 
1_7  WILLIAM  DODD  VANICE,  born  near  Pleasureville, 
Kentucky,  July  18,  1838,  died,  unmarried,  November 
16,  1862,  in  California,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
ranching. 
2_7  ELLA  PRICE  VANICE,  daughter  of  Isaac  Covert 
and  Eleanor  Smith  Vanice,  was  born  in  Arrow  Rock, 
Missouri.  March  9,  1844,  and  was  married  there  to 
Daniel  Branson  Coltrane,  November  29,  1866.  In 
1868,  they  moved  to  Miami,  Mo.,  thence,  in  1878,  to 
Marshall,  Missouri,  where  she  died  December  16, 
1882.  He  was  married  again  on  October  15,  1884,  to 
Mariam  Winslow,  of  Carrollton,  Kentucky,  by  whom 
he  had  four  daughters.  She  died  June  1,  1915,  at 
Concord.  North  Carolina,  where  he  is  now  living.  He 
is  president  of  the  Concord  National  Bank  and  of 
numerous  manufacturing  concerns.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Church,  of  the  Democratic  party, 
and  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 
Children: 
1_8  CLAUD  BRANSON  COLTRANE,  born  August  30, 
1867,  died  January  12,  1868. 


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2_8  LESTER  DURRETT  COLTRANE,  born  at  Miami, 
Missouri,  April  18,  1869,  married  Julia  Gay, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Louise  Gay,  on  October 
12,  1892,  at  Wilson  N.  Carolina.  He  is  a  banker 
at  Concord,  North  Carolina.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  K.  of  P.,  and  they  are  members  of  the  M.  E. 
Church.  Four 
Children : 

1_9  Lester  D.  Coltranc,  Jr.,  born  October  8,  1893, 
was  married   December   10.    1915,   to   Blanche 
Brown.     He  is  manager  of  the  Concord  Tele- 
phone Company. 
2_9   Daniel  Branson  Coltrane  II,  born  September  25, 

1899,  died  July  12,  1908. 
3_9  Thomas  Gay  Coltrane,  born  May  13,  1905. 
4_9   Mariam  Louise  Coltrane,  born  August  27,  1908. 
3_8   MARY  JUANITA  COLTRANE,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel B.  and  Ella  (Vanice)  Coltrane,  was  born  at  Mi- 
ami, Missouri,  April  13,  1873,  and  was  married  to 
Dr.  David  Allen  Garrison,  at  Concord,  North  Car- 
olina, November  6,  1895.     They  live  at  Gastonia, 
North  Carolina,  where  Dr.  Garrison  is  a  physician 
and  surgeon.     She  is  a  member  of  the  Associate 
Reform  Presbyterian  Church,  and  of  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  No  living  children. 
4_8  ELBERT  PRICE  COLTRANE,  born  at  Marshall, 
Missouri,  December  12,  1882,  died  there  August 
16,  1883. 
3_7  WALTON  HALL  VANICE.  born  in  Missouri,  Octo- 
ber 15,  184G.  married  Mary  E.  Galbraith,  December 
5,  1875,  in  Miami,  Missouri.     About  ten  years  later 
they  went     to  California,     and  now  reside  at  San 
Pedro,    a  suburb    of  Los  Angeles.     They    have  one 
daughter, 
1_8  STELLA  VANICE  SCOFIELD,  who  lives  at  pres- 
ent in  Washington,  D.  C,  where  she  is  the  secre- 
tary of  the  Member  of  Congress  from  their  dis- 
trict. 
4_7   GEORGE  BIGHAM  VANICE,  son  of  Isaac  and  Ele- 
anor, was  born  at  Miami,  Missouri,  April  16,  1849, 
and  married  Mary  Catherine  Kaer  of  Miami,  Saline- 
County,  Missouri,  October  19,  18G9.     They  removed 
to  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and  he  died  there,  Novem- 


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ber  15,  1883.     They  had  six  children,  of  whom  the 

oldest  and  youngest  died  in  infancy. 
2_8  DUNLAP  W.  VANICE,  oldest  son  of  George  and 
and  Mary,  was  born  in  Saline  County,  Missouri, 
July  18,  1873,  and  was  married  in  Wyandotte 
County,  Kansas,  December  3,  1893,  to  Rachel 
Wirthschafter,  who  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
October  8,  1877.  He  is  a  contractor  in  Kansas 
City,  Missouri,  and  they  have  an  interesting  family 
of  seven  sons: 

1_9  Juanita  E.  Vanice,  only  daughter  of  Dunlap  and 
Rachel,  was  born  in  Kansas  City,  April  29,  1895, 
and  died  February  21,  1916. 

2_9   Dunlap  W.  Vanice,  Jr.,  born  Aug.  22,  1896. 

3_9   Joseph  B.  Vanice.  born  December  14,  1899. 

4_9  Victor  L.  Vanice,  born  March  15,  1902,  died 
January  10,  1903. 

5_9  Chauncey  E.  Vanice,  born  December  11,  1903. 

6_9   Douglas  W.  Vanice,  born  September  28,  1906. 

7_9  Amos  Freyman  Vanice,  born  May  20,  1909. 

8_9  Francis  V.  Vanice.  born  April  13,  1912. 

9_9  Jerome  Vanice,  born  August  23,  1914. 
3_8  PHILIP  KAER  VANICE,  son  of  George  and  Mary 
C,  married  Annie  Withers.     They  live  in  Kansas 
City. 

Children : 

1_9  Philip  Kaer  Vanice,  Jr. 

2_9   Mary  C.  Vanice. 

3_9   Daughter,  who  died. 
4_8  JENNIE    B.    VANICE,    daughter  of  George  and 
Mary,  married  first,  George  A.  Speers,  and  second, 
John  Dwyer. 

Children:   (First  marriage) 

1_9   Mary  C.  Speers,  deceased. 

2_9  Thomas  R.  Speers 

3_9  Frank  W.  Speers. 

4_9   Dorothy  Speers,  deceased. 

Children:  (Second  marriage) 

5_9   Helen  and  Virginia  Dwyer. 
5_8  LESTER  H.  VANICE  is  unmarried  and  is  living  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri. 


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CHAPTER  XIII 


ABRAHAM  VAN  NUYS 

Abraham  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 
DESCENDANTS     of    Isaac    and    Flora    (Quick)    Van 
Nuys,  in  line  of  their  son  Abraham. 

8_5  ABRAHAM  VAN  NUYS  was  born  April  10,  1780, 
near  Millstone,  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey,  and  went 
with  his  parents  to  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  in  1791. 
He  was  married  in  1804  to  Sarah  James,  who  was  born 
June  10,  1786.  The  record  of  their  marriage  license  is 
in  the  clerk's  office  at  Harrodsburg  in  Mercer  County. 
They  lived  in  or  near  Danville,  Kentucky,  where  he  died 
in  1831.  His  widow  died  August  25,  1833,  in  the  epi- 
demic of  cholera  which  swept  over  that  region  in  the 
summer  of  1833.  Two  of  their  sons  were  taken  in  the 
same  month  by  the  same  disease.  Of  their  seven  children, 
only  one,  Abraham,  left  descendants.  All  the  others  died 
unmarried. 

1.6  ISAAC  VAN  NICE, 
bom  October  12,  1805,  died  November  19,  1806. 

2_6   MARY  VAN  NICE, 
born   October  30,   1807,   died,   unmarried,   in   Kentucky, 
August  17,  1849. 

3_6  ABRAHAM  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Abraham  and  Sarah  (James)  Van  Nice,  was  born 
near  Danville,  Kentucky,  March  9,  1810.  He  was  a  medi- 
cal student  there  during  the  epidemic  of  1833,  but  it 
seems  that  he  did  not  practice  medicine,  but  was  a  jewel- 
er. He  married  Mary  De  Mott,  in  June,  1835.  She  died, 
and  he  was  again  married  on  December  11,  1819,  near 
Danville,  to  Artymesia  Cleek.  who  was  born  November 
25,  1823.  They  resided  in  Kentucky  until  1852,  when 
they  removed  to  Franklin,  Johnson  County,  Indiana,  and 
in  the  early  '60's  to  Sedalia,  Pettis  County,  Missouri, 
thence  to  St.  Clair  County,  Missouri,  where  both  died. 

Children,  by  first  wife: 
1_7  PETER  THOMAS  VANNICE,  born  in  1836,  in  Ken- 
tucky, went  to  Johnson  County,  Indiana,  where  he 
died  previous  to  1865.     He  married  Lucinda  Cleek, 
sister  of  Artymesia.     After  his  death,  she,  with  her 


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four  children,  moved  to  St.  Clair  County,  Missouri. 
Children: 
1_8  ELIZABETH  E.   VANNICE,   born   December   28, 
1858,  married  a  Mr.  Compton,  in  April,  190-1.    He 
died  the  next  year,  at  Vista,  Missouri,  where  she 
still  resides. 
2_8  GEORGE   WILLIAM    VANNICE,    born  February 
12,  1860,  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana,  went  with 
his  widowed  mother  to  St.  Clair  County,  Missouri. 
He  was  married  December  25,   1SS4,  to  Rose  E. 
Beigle,  at  Vista,  Missouri.     They  went  to  Kansas 
a  few  years  later,  and  remained  until  1913,  when 
they  moved    to  the    vicinity    of  Laurel,  Montana, 
where  they  now  reside  on  a  farm. 
Children : 

1_9  Edith  Ethel  Van  Nice,  born  June  12,  1886,  in 
Vista,  Missouri,  was  married  April  1,  1904.  at 
Hill  City,  Kansas,  to  Leroy  E.  Carey.  They  live 
on  a  "dry  farming"  ranch  near  Goodland,  Kan- 
sas. He  is  a  Socialist  in  politics. 
Children : 

1_10  Neva  Mae  Carey,  born  Dec.  30,  1904. 
2_10   Lee  Verne  Carey,  born  Oct.  2,  1906. 
3_10   Glenn  Otha  Carey,  born  Oct.  31,  1909. 
4_10   Charles  Warren  Carey,  born  Nov.  22,  1911. 
5_10  Norma  Edith  Carey,  bom  Dec.  14,  1915. 
2_9   Katherine    Agnes    Van    Nice,    born  January  7, 
1888,  was  married  at  Densmore,  Kansas,  Janu- 
ary   22,  1911,    to  John    E.  Bailey.     They    were 
members  of  the  United  Brethren  Church.     She 
died    at  Philipsburg,  Kansas,    March  19,  1912, 
leaving  one  son, 
1_10   Charles  Albert  Bailey,  born  March  10,  1912. 
3_9   Allan  Athal  Vannice,  born  November  6,  1890, 
in  Kansas,  married  Tuga  Hammer,  of  Norway, 
Kansas,  August  27,   1913.     He  is  a  farmer,  a 
Lutheran,  and  a  Socialist.     They  live  in  Repub- 
lic County,  Kansas. 
Children : 

1_10  Floyd  Wayne  Vannice.  born  Mar.  20,  1914. 
2_10  Leslie  Darrell  Vannice,  born  August  1.  1915. 
4_9  Stella    Van    Nice,    born    January    29.    1892.    in 
Norton  County,  Kansas. 


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5_9  Elmer  Logan  Vannice,  born  February  7,  1894, 

now  in  Laurel,  Montana. 
6_9  Edna  Louise  Vannice,  born  August  27,  1896. 
7_9  Annie  Marie,  born  December  27,  1899. 
8_9  Ernest  Norvel,  born  June  8,  1901. 
9_9  Dane  Arthur,  born  August  27,  1905. 
10_9   Dale  Everett,  twin  of  Dane. 
11_9  Ruth  Oneida,  born  Nov.  17,  1909. 
3_8  JAMES  THOMAS  VANNICE,  son   of  Peter  and 
Lucinda,   was  born  in   Johnson   County,   Indiana, 
February  22,  1863,  and  went  to  Missouri.  He  was 
married   to  Cora   Catherine  Bratschi  in  St.   Clair 
County.  Missouri,  June  11,  1885.     They  moved  to 
New  Mexico,  in  1908,  thence  to  Kansas  in  1910, 
and  finally,  in  1914,  to  Laurel,  Montana.  They  are 
Methodists  and  Republicans. 
Children : 
1_9  Frederick  A.  Vannice,  born  in  St.  Clair  County, 

Missouri,    October    13,   1886,    died    August  2. 

1905.     He  was  a  telegraph  operator. 
2_9   Mildred    M.    Vannice,    born    January  2,  1888. 

married  Wallace  Tharp.  August  18,  1905.  They 

live  in  Havener,  New  Mexico. 
3_9  Thomas  K.  Vannice.  born  November  24,  1890, 

lives  in  Centralia,  Washington. 
4_9   Daniel  B.  Vannice,  born  June  27,  1893,  married 

Edna  Lucile  Wicks,  August  2,  1915.     They  live 

in  Kansas  City,  Missouri.    He  is  employed  in  the 

office  of  the  K.  C.  Terminal  Railway. 
5_9   Mary  C.  Vannice,  born  June  22,  1895,  married 

Harry  Birdsall,  September  5,  1915.     They  live 

at  Havener,  New  Mexico. 
6_9  Frank  Leslie  Vannice.  born  May  18,  1900. 
7_9  Verna  C.  Vannice,  born  July  15,  1902. 
8-9   Christine  M.  Vannice,  born  Feb.  16.  1904. 
9_9  Laura  F.  Vannice,  born  Aug.  15,  1906.     All  the 

foregoing  were  born  in  St.  Clair  County,  Mo. 
10_9   Harold  S.  Vannice,  born  in  New  Mexico,  April 

4.  1909. 
11_9   Viola   M.  Vannice,  born  in  Kansas,  June   12, 

1911. 
12_9  Bertha  A.  Vannice,  born  November  30,  1913. 


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4_S  JOHN  VANNICE,  son  of  Peter  and  Lucinda,  was 
born  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana.  He  has  been 
twice  married,  and  lives  at  Vista,  Missouri.  No 
children. 

2_7  MARY  ANN  VANNICE,  daughter  of  Abraham  and 
Mary    (DeMott)    Vannice,   was  born   December  25, 
1S38,  in  Kentucky,  and  on  June  11,  1857,  she  was 
married  in  Johnson  County,  Indiana  to  G.  F.  Garsh- 
wi3er,  who  was  born  there.  October  6,  1836.     Thev 
lived  on  a  farm  in  that  county.     They  and  all  their 
family  were  members  of  the  Christian  Church.  She 
died  on  February  17.  1895.     Her  husband  survives 
her.  and  lives  in  Franklin,  Indiana.  One  daughter, 
1_8  NANNIE  E.  GARSHWILER,  who  was  born  July 
8.  1858,  and  on  G:cober  11.  1876.  was  married  to 
W.  R.  Clore,  who  was  born  May  15.  1852,  in  John- 
son County.     He  died  February  26.  1913.  at  Frank 
lin,  where  she  still  resides.     One  daughter, 
1_9  Lora  B.  Clore,  born  August  19,  1S77,  married 
Dean  Swift,  August  14,  1901,  at  Franklin.  One 
daughter, 
1_10   Audra    Elizabeth   Swift,   born   at   Franklin, 
August  18.  1907. 
3_7   JAMES  VANNICE.  son  of  Abraham  and  Mary   (De 
Mott)    Vannice.  was  born  about   1842  in  Kentuckv, 
and  enlisted  in  Company  E.  6th  Missouri,  Cavalry  in 
the  Union  Army.     He  lost  his  life  at  Vicksburg.' 
4_7   WILLIAM    R.    VANNICE,    son    of    Abraham    and 
Artymesia  (Cleek)  Vannice.  was  born  near  Danville, 
Kentucky.    July  12,   1850.    and    married  Hester  A. 
Stucker  at  Seclalia,  Missouri,  February  9,  1870.     He 
is  a  Republican.     They  live  at  Appleton  City,  Mis- 
souri.    No  children. 
5_7   MARTHA    JANE    VANNICE,    born    in    Frankfort, 
Kentucky,  October  22,  1851.    was  married    in  Mis- 
souri, August  20,  1872,  to  William  Henry  Harrison 
Schuck,  who  died  in   1889,  in  Texas,  whither  thev 
had  gone  in  1875.     She  then  in  1895,  went  to  Okla- 
homa, then  spent  some  years  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
She  now  resides  in  Crawford.  Nebraska. 
Children: 
1_8   CHARLES    ROY    SCHUCK,     born   November   5, 
1875,  married  Celia  Miller,  in  March,  1906.  Thev 


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live  in  Paris,  Texas,  where  he  is  a  contractor. 
Children : 

1_9   William  Joshua  Schuck,  bom  June  1,  190S. 
2_9  Ernest  Schuck,  born  Nov.  12,  1909. 
3-9   George  Schuck,  born  August  12,  1910. 
2_8  LULA  MAUD  SCHUCK.  born  May  8,  1882.  mar- 
ried Roy  R.  Muller,  November  16,  1901.    She  died 
at  Crawford,  Nebraska,  March  20,  1916,  leaving 
one  daughter, 
1_9   Helen  Vannice  Muller,  born  June  3,  1903. 
3_8  PERCY  ROBINSON  SCHUCK,  born  November  20. 
1885.  married  Mary  Florence  Wrinkle,  December 
22,  1915.     He  is  a  clerk  in  Crawford,  Nebr. 
6_7   GEORGE     A.     VANNICE,     son    of    Abraham    and 
Artymesia,  was  born  June  7,  1853.  in  Johnson  Coun- 
ty, Indiana,  and  on  June  25,  1872,  was  married  at 
Vista,  Missouri,  to  Ella  A.  Reynolds.     She  died  Oc- 
tober 30.  1893,  and  he  was  again  married  on  July 
3,  1894,  to  Sarah  J.  McAllister.     He  is  postmaster  at 
Vista,  and  proprietor  of  a  hotel  at  Osceola,  Missouri, 
where  he  resides.     They  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church. 

Children,  First  marriage: 
1_8   Charles  W.  Vannice,  born  March  26,  1877,  died 

November  3,  1895. 
2_8  NELLIE  M.  VANNICE,    born  May  6,  1881,    died 

November  9,  1895. 
3_8  HARRY  A.  VANNICE,  born  October  4,  1886.  mar- 
ried Rua  Williams  April  30.  1911.     He  is  a  farm- 
er, living  near  Yi.^ta.     One  son, 
1_9  Perry  A.  Vannice,  born  March  17,  1912. 
Children,  Second  marriage: 
4_8   CHARLES  P.  VANNICE,  bom  April  18,  1898. 
5_8  NELLE  MARGARET  VANNICE,  born  August  31. 

1901. 
6_8   GEORDIE  BELLE  VANNICE,  born  Oct.  15,  19>)G. 
7_8  ADA  BETHEL  COOK,  who  was  born  March  17. 
1893,  was  adopted  January  15,  1899.  She  married 
Ernest  H.  Walling,  on  July  29.  1912. 
7_7  SARAH  E.  VANNICE,  born  Oct.  27,  1854,  was  mar- 
ried at  Osceola,  Missouri,  January  9,  1870,  to  John 
H.  Geabhart,    born    November    12,    1845,     He  is  a 


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blacksmith  and  lives  now  at  Newton,  Kansas.     She 
died  November  16,  1893. 
Children : 
1_8  ADDIE   BELLE    GEABHART,    born    October    11, 
1870,   married   Harvey    M.    Mclntire,   August   17, 
1892.     He  is    a    carpenter-contractor    at  Kansas 
City,  Missouri.     One  son, 
1_9   Carl  A.   Mclntire.  born  August  20,   1893.     He 
married  Flossie  L.  Jones  at  Omaha,  Nebraska, 
December  24,  1913.     They  are  Baptists.     He  is 
an  actuary  in  Kansas  City. 
2_8   OSCAR  BOYD   GEABHART,  born  Februarv   19, 

1873.  married  Maud  Welch,  May  23.  1893.     They 
live  in  Newton,  Kansas.  Six 

ChHdren : 

1_9  Terry  E.  Geabhart,  born  April  2,  1894.  married 

Cecil  Brown,  May  15,  1913. 
Children : 

1-1.0  Sigma  Maude  Brown,  born  June  11.  1914. 
2_10   William  Oscar  Brown,  born  March  6,  191G. 
2_9  John    Marion    Geabhart,    born    December    23, 
1895,  married  Clara  Hartenberger,  March   12, 
1915. 
3_9  Charlotte  W.  Geabhart,  born  May  20,  1899. 
4_9  Francis  N.  Geabhart,  born  Feb.  3,  1901. 
5_9  Fannie  M.  Geabhart,  bom  September  14,  1904. 
6_9  Harvey  Geabhart.  born  May  2,  1906. 
3_8   CORA  HELEN  GEABHART,  born  September  18, 

1874,  was  married  March  3,   1895  to  George  M. 
Greenstreet.     They  live  in  Kansas  City. 

Children: 

1_9   Earl  Greenstreet,  born  March  30,  1897,  died  in 

infancy. 
2_9  Hazel  Helen,  born  September  30.  1899. 
3_9   Georgia  Belle,  born  April  30,  1901. 
4^9  Elsie  Alrneda,  born  April  22,  1903. 
5_9  Fred  Madison,  born  May  4,  1910. 
4_8  IONA    MAY    GEABHART,    born    July  22,  1876, 

died  August  12,  1876. 
5_8   HARTFORD  H.  GEABHART,  born  July  9,  1877, 
married  Nina  Ross,  March  16,  1898.  One  son, 
1_9   William   H.   Geabhart,   born   July   17,   1907. 


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6_8   GUY  II.  GEABHART,  bom  July  20,   1870,  died 

October  7,  1881. 
7_8  ALVA   OTIS  GEABHART,    born  April    6,   1881, 
married  Donia  Kelley,  June  27,  1905.     They  live 
in  Topeka  where  he  has  a  laundry  business. 
Children. 

1_9   Howard  Neil  Geabhart,  born  August  30,  190G. 
2_9  Elizabeth  Maude  Geabhart,  born  Apr.  4,  1908. 
3_9   Mildred  Belle  Geabhart.  born  August  2,  1910. 
4_9   Ralph  Vannice  Geabhart,  born  Oct.  17,  1914. 
8_8  NELLIE    PEARL    GEABHART,    bom     May    15, 

1883,  married  Homer  Dayton,  August  3,  1899. 
They  live  in  Kansas  City. 

Children : 

1_9  Telem  H.  Davton,  born  June  16,  1900. 
2_9   William  Hartford  Dayton,  born  Jan.  14,  1911. 
9_8   MAUDE  GEABHART,  born  September  27,  1886, 

died  October  27,  1889. 
10_8  ANSEL  GEABHARRT,  bom  June  2,  1889,  died 

July  16,  1889. 
11_8  GRACE  E.  GEABHART,  born  February  3,  1891, 
died  December  11,  1903. 
8_7   JOHN  M.  VANNICE,  born  June  20,  1856,  in  John- 
son County,  Indiana,  was  married  to  Nannie  W.  Eu- 
banks,  February  7,  1883.     They    live    at    Maxbass, 
North  Dakota,  and  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Church  there. 
Children : 
1_8   CLAUD   ERNEST   VANNICE,   born   January    14, 

1884,  married  Marion  Jane  Hussey,  June  30,  1909. 
They  live  at  Maxbass,  North  Dakota,  where  he  is 
now  postmaster.     Two 

Children : 

1_9  Helen  Marjorie  Vannice. 
2_9  John  Marshall  Vannice. 
2_8  FRANK  WILLIAM  VANNICE,  born  October  17. 

1884,  died  January  6,  1906.     He  was  a  cashier  in 

a  bank. 
3_8  LOIS  MAY  VAN  NICE,  born  February  28,  1888, 

was  a  teacher  prior  to  her  marriage  on  April  15, 

1909,  to  Harry  D.  Loucks.     They  live  on  a  farm 

near  Redstone,  Montana. 


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Children: 

1_9  Ruth  Evelyn,    Harry    Doyle,    and  Homer  Van 
Nice  Loucks. 
4_8  RUTH  V.  VANNICE,  born  April  15.  1891,  is  in 

the  Recorder's  office  at  Plentywood,  Montana. 
5_8   GLENN    EUBANKS    VANNICE,    born    May    15, 

1894,  is  a  farmer. 
6_8  EDITH  MARIE  VANNICE,  born  Dec.  9,  1896. 
.7  EDWIN    B.    VANNICE.    born  October  11,  1857,  in 
Indiana,  married  Sarah  Eleanor  George,  on  May  6, 
1885.    He  went  with  his  parents  to  Sedalia,  Missouri, 
just  before  the  Civil  War  began,  and  they  all  moved 
to    Vista,  St.  Clair  County,  the  year    after  the  war 
closed  ,and  he  has  resided  there  ever  since.     He  is  a 
farmer,  a  Democrat,  and  a  Presbyterian. 
Children : 
1_8  ETHEL    M.    VANNICE,    born  June  1,  1886,  was 
married,  March  28,  1905,  at  Vista,  Mo.,  to  Levi 
Garrison.     They  own  a  farm  and  store  at  Corbin, 
Missouri. 
Children : 

1_9   Mahlon  V.  Garrison,  born  Nov.  22,  1907. 
2_9   Homer  G.  Garrison,  born  October  8,  1910. 
3_9  Richard  E.  Garrison,  born  October  25,  1913. 
4_9  Lourene  Garrison,  born  August  2,  1915. 
2_8   CLYDE  W.  VANNICE,  born  September  3,  1888, 

died  October  9,  1889. 
3_8  ERNEST  G.  VANNICE.  born  September  3,  1890, 
married  Pearl  Collins,  at  Gerster,  Missouri,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1912.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Socialist  par- 
ty. They  live  on  a  farm  near  Lowry  City,  Mis- 
souri. 
Children. 

1_9  Eckla  F.  Vannice,  born  August  11,  1913. 
2_9  Frances  E.  Vannice,  born  January  18,  1916. 
4_8  ROY  W.  VANNICE,  born  March  13,  1893. 
5_8  NELLIE  M.  VANNICE,  born  October  28,  1895,  is 

a  teacher  at  Vista,  Missouri. 
6_8  EMMA  E.  VANNICE,  born  June  5,  1898. 
7_8  ENID  H.  VANNICE.  born  January  6,  1901. 
8_8  EDWIN  D.  VANNICE,  born  December  17,  1903. 


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10.7   MARY  E.  VANNICE,  daughter  of  Abraham  and 
Artymesia,  was  born    August  17,  1S59,    in  Johnson 
County,  Indiana,  and  married  S.  S.  Durland,  at  Ap- 
pleton  City,  Missouri.     They  were  Republicans  and 
members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian   Church. 
She  died  April  13,  1885,  in  Denison,  Texas,  leaving 
one  son, 
1_8   CHARLTON  VAN  NICE  DURLAND,  born  March 
30,  1885.     He  lives  at  Seymour,  Indiana. 
11_7  ANNIE  VANNICE  was  born  in  Pettis  Countv,  Mis- 
souri, July  17,  1861,  and  died  October  14,  1899.    She 
was  married  at  Appleton  City,  Missouri,  September 
16,  1884,  to  R.  M.  Daniel,  who  still  resides  at  Apple- 
ton    City.      She    was    a    member    of    the    Christian 
Church. 
12.7  ELIZA  MAHALA  VAN  NICE,  youngest  daughter 
of  Abraham  and  Artymesia    (Cleek)    Vannice,  was 
born  in  Pettis  County,  Missouri,  February  22,  1863, 
and  was  married,  April  12,  1882,  at  Denison  Texas, 
to  Alpha  Willey,  who  was  born  in  New  Work  City. 
September  10,  1854.     They  afterward  removed  from 
.Denison  to  Houston,  Texas  , thence  to  Dallas,  and  in 
1912,  went  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  they 
now  reside  at  912  W.  56th  Street.     Mr.  Willey  is  at 
the  head  of  the  Trust  Department  of  the  Los  Ange- 
les Trust  and  Savings  Bank.     They  vote  the  Repub- 
lican ticket,  and  are  members  of  the  Epworth  M.  E. 
Church  in  Los  Angeles.     Thev  have  three 
Children: 
1.8  ERNEST  VANNICE  WILLEY,  born  May  5,  1883, 
at  Denison,   Texas,    married    Vera    Hope  Soule. 
They  live  in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  where  he  is 
connected  with  The  Interstate  Trust  and  Banking 
Company.  They  have  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
2_8  FREDERICK   FUTVOYE  WILLEY,   was  born   at 
Houston,  Texas,    October  21,  1885,    and  married 
Marie  Nixon.     He  is  a  freight  agent  of  the  Texas 
and  Pacific  R.  R.  at  Dallas,  Texas.     They    have 
one  son, 
1_9  Robert  Nixon  Willey,  born  June  15,  1911. 
3_8  EDWARD  FRANCIS  WILLEY,  born  July  12,  1901 
13_7  SAMUEL  ADDISON  VANNICE,    youngest    son  of 
Abraham  and  Artymesia,  was  born  in  Missouri,  but 


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while  a  young  man  went  to  Oregon.  He  married 
and  four  children  were  born  to  them,  but  he  died 
while  they  were  all  small.  One  daughter,  Hazel  A. 
Vannice,  lives  in  Warrenton,  Oregon.  Names  and 
whereabouts  of  the  others  unknown  to  the  compiler 
of  this  record. 

4_6  JOHN  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Abraham  and  Sarah  (James)  Vannice,  was  born 
September  8,  1812,  in  Kentucky,  and  died  there  August 
10,  1833,  a  victim  of  the  epidemic  of  cholera  which  raged 
there  at  the  time,  as  were  his  mother  and  his  brother 
Barnabas. 

5_6   GEORGIA  ANN  VAN  NICE, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Sarah,  was  born  October  15, 
1815,  and  died  in  Kentucky,  June  23,  1837. 

6.6  LUCINDA  VAN  NICE 
was  born  May  3,  1818,  and  died  June  3,  1819. 

7_6  BARNABAS  VAN  NICE, 
son  of  Abraham  and  Sarah,  was  born  October  16,  1821, 
and  died  August  10,  1833,  the  same  day  as  his  brother 
John. 


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CHAPTER  XIV 


CHARITY  VAN  NUYS  CANINE 

Charity  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2,  Aucke  1. 
DESCENDANTS  of  Isaac  and  Flora  (Quick)  Van  Nuys, 
in  line  of  their  daughter  Charity. 

10_5  CHARITY  VAN  NUYS,  youngest  of  the  ten 
children,  was  born  in  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey,  about 
1782,  and  was  taken  to  Mercer  County,  Kentucky,  in 
1791.  There  she  was  married,  probably  in  1S00,  to  Rich- 
ard Canine,  baptized  in  the  Conewago  Church,  York 
County,  Pennsylvania,  on  January  17,  1779.  He  was  a 
son  of  Peter  and  Catalyntie  Sebern  Canine.  Peter  was 
born  in  Bound  Brook,  New  Jersey,  November  16,  1752, 
and,  after  service  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  had  evident- 
ly moved  to  Conewago,  thence  with  many  others  of  this 
colony,  to  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  where  he  died  in 
January,  1841.  (See  Cornelius  Canine,  page  147).  Rich- 
ard and  Charity  lived  first  in  Mercer,  then  in  Shelby 
County,  Kentucky,  until  about  1836.  when  they  went  to 
Montgomery  County,  Indiana,  where  both  died.  He 
was  a  farmer.  They  had  twelve 
Children : 

1_6  ISAAC  CANINE, 
who  died  in  infancy. 

2_6  PETER  CANINE 
was  born  about  1802,  in  Kentucky,  and  married  a  Miss 
Miles,  of  Virginia.  They  came  to  Indiana  at  a  very  early 
day  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Southport,  which  farm  is 
now  a  part  of  Indianapolis.  He  sold  it  and  moved  into 
the  city,  where  he  died. 

Children : 
1_7  RICHARD  M.  CANINE  was  bom  January  23,  1823. 
In  1848  he  went  to  Crawfordsville,  Indiana,  where 
he  owned  a  lumber  yard  and  planing  mill,  in  part- 
nership with  Isaac  Wilhite.     On  February  16,  1849, 
he  married   Martha  Benefiel,   who  died,   August  9, 
1850,  leaving  one  son, 
1_8  JAMES  CANINE,  who  died  October  7,  1850. 
His  second  marriage     was  on  August  27,  1851,     to 
Ellen  J.  Ensminger,  who  was  born  April  28,  1833. 


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They  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He 
lost  his  sight  almost    two    years    before  his  death, 
which  occurred  January  3,  1907.     His  widow  died 
January  29,  1909.     They  had  one  daughter, 
2_8  IDA  CANINE,  born    August  21,  1858,    who  was 
married  on  October  6,  18S0,  to  William  II.  Bry- 
ant, a  hardware  merchant  of  Crawfordsville.  One 
daughter, 
1_9   Lorena  Bryant,  born  March  22,  1890,  who  was 
married  December  2S,  1909,  to  Senior  C.  Hop- 
kins, a  business  man  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota. 
They  have  one  son, 
1_10   George  Bryant  Hopkins,  born  Feb.  8,  1911. 
2_7   JOHN  CARNINE,  son  of  Peter,  married  Maria  Hat- 
field, and  lived  for  years  at  Crawfordsville,  before 
moving  to  Portland,  Oregon,  where  he  died  about 
1903,  and  where  his  widow  lives  with  their  only  son, 
1_8  HARPY  D.  CARNINE,  who  has  no  children. 
3_7  JAMES  CARNINE  was  a  carriage  manufacturer  in 
Southport,  before  he  went  to  Winfield,  Kansas,  in 
the  late  70's,  where  he  died.  April  2.  1885.     He  mar- 
ried Margaret  Smock,  who  died  in  Southport,  March 
2,  1868.  leaving  four  children.     He  afterward  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Holden,  who    died,    and    he  was  married 
again  on  May  21,  1S79,  at  YYinneld.  to  Hannah  E. 
Homer,  After  his  death  she  married  A.  YYheatley, 
and  lives  in  Indianapolis. 
Children,  First  marriage: 
1_8   MARY    E.    CARNINE,    born  December  9,   1850, 

married  Ha?s  and  lives    in    Lyons,    Kansas. 

She  has  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  all  married. 
2_8  WILLIAM  H.  CARNINE.  born  May  30,  1852,  was 
married  on  February  26,   1894.  to  Edith  Failing, 
in  Portland,  Oregon,  where  he  died,  February  25, 
1900.     No  children. 
3_8  PETER    C.    CARNINE,    born  July  31,  1854,  died 

March  5,  1873. 
4_8  SIDNEY  B.  CARNINE  was  born  at  Southport,  In- 
diana, December  14,  1860,  and  was  married  in 
Portland,  Oregon.  May  20,  1890.  to  Clara  V.  Bills, 
born  Mav  2.  1870,  in  Augusta,  Wisconsin,  and  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ira  G.  Bills,  of  Portland. 
Thev  lived  in  Portland  until  1900,  when  they  mov- 


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ed  to  Pendleton,  Oregon.     But  in  1905  they  pur- 
chased an  apple  orchard  in  the  famous  Hood  Ri\<  r 
Valley,  where  they  now  reside  on  the  Avalon  Way 
out  of  Hood  River.     One  son, 
1_9  Sidney  B.  Carnine,  Jr.,  born  July  17,   1898.  a 

senior  in  High  School. 
Children,  Third  marriage: 
5_8  CHARLES  I.  CARNINE.  born  February  22,  1880. 
married  Saletta  Miller,  who  was  born  September 
10,  1880.     He  is  an  American  Express  messenger 
in  Indianapolis. 
Children: 

1_9  James  Carnine,  born  January  16,  1899. 
2_9  Emma  Carnine,  born  January  27,  1901. 
4_7   MARTHA     CANINE,     daughter   of   Peter,   married 
Jacob  Grube  of  Indianapolis.     She  died  and  on  Oc- 
tober 2,  1856,  he  married  Sarah  Margaret  Hankins, 
cousin  to  Martha  Canine.     One  son, 
1_8  JOHN  GRUBE.  who  married  and  lived  in  Indian- 
apolis.    He  died  about  1903.     No  other  record  ob- 
tainable.    (See  Hankins  Record.) 
5_7   MARY  JANE  CARNINE  was  born  August  6.  1826. 
and  on  November  23,  1848  was  married  at  Indianap- 
olis to  Edward  Johnson  Lyons,  who  was  born  at  Cov- 
ington, Kentucky,  October  30,  1821.     They  lived  in 
Covington    three    years,    then  in  Indianapolis    until 
1865,    when    they    moved    to    Burlingame.    Kansas. 
where  he  died.  Octoebr  5,  1868.     She  died  Novem- 
ber 27,  1910,  after  a  long  and  useful  life  as  a  pioneer 
in  two  states. 
Children : 
1_8  RICHARD  HENRY  LYONS  was  born  August  6, 
1850,    at    Covington,  Kentucky,    and  on  May  15, 
1878,  was  married  to  Nora  M.  Sheldon,  who  died 
the  following  year.    He  is  a  farmer  at  Burlingame. 
2_8   CHARLES  C.  LYONS  was  born  at  Indianapolis. 
Indiana,  April  16,  1853,  and  was  married  May  15, 
1889,  to  Mary  Hudnall  of  Astoria,  Illinois,    who 
was  born  November  6,  1867.     He  is  a  merchant  at 
Burlingame,  Kansas.     They  have  one  son, 
1_9   Maurice  Lyons,  born  June  28,  1894.     He  is  an 
expert  draftsman  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 


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3_8  SUSAN  MARTHA  LYONS,  born  March  11,  1855, 

died  September  9,  1S67. 
4_8  JOHN  PERRY  LYONS,  born  July  24,  1858,  mar- 
ried Ella  Townsend,    who    died,    and  he  married 
Eliza  Wright,  now  also  deceased.     He  is  a  farmer 
at  Burlingame. 
Children,  First  marriage: 

1_9  Leona  Lyons,  who  married  Dr.  Stahe.  They  had 
one  child, 
1_10   Mildred  Stahe. 
Children,  Second  marriage: 
2_9  Edward  J.  Lyons,  who  married  Emma  Herd,  in 

November,   1914. 
3_9  Ethel  Lyons,  who  married  Martin  Layman,  and 

lives  at  Osage  City,  Kansas. 
i_9  Herbert  Lyons. 

3_6  JOHN  CANINE, 
son  of  Richard  and  Charity,  was  born  in  Shelby  County, 
Kentucky,  about  1805,  and  was  married  there  in  1827,  to 
Jane  Ann  Fulton,  who  was  a  relative  of  Robert  Fulton, 
the  inventor  of  the  steamboat.  In  the  early  '30's  they 
moved  from  Shelby  County  to  Crawfordsville,  Indiana, 
where  he  had  an  interest  in  a  planing  mill.  Both  died 
there. 

Children : 
1_7   MARY  CANINE,  born  May  14,  1828,  was  married 
in  Crawfordsville,  to  Isaac  N.  Miller  on  Februarv  3, 
1848,  and  he  died  there  June  10,  1861.     She  after- 
ward went  to  McPherson,  Kansas,  to  reside,  and  died 
there,  October  16,  1904.     They  had  four 
Children : 
1_8   WILLIAM  MILLER,  who  died  in  infancy. 
2_8  EDNA  MILLER,  born  June  19,  1850,  was  married 
in  Crawfordsville,  October  16,  1872,  to  Clarence 
B.  Bowker,  who  died  June  17,  1891,  in  McPherson, 
Kansas.     She  lives  at  Morris,  Illinois. 
Children : 

1_9   Dr.  Frank  C.    Bowker,    born    in    Indianapolis, 
August  3,  1873.     He  is  engaged  in  practice  in 
Morris,  Illinois. 
2_9   Walter    Bowker,    born    March   1G,   1878,  died 
April  26,  1880. 


2S0  VAN  NUYS  FAMII^Y  HISTORY 


3_8  Emma  Louise  Miller,  born  May  4,  1853,  at  Craw- 
fordsville,  was  married   October  8,   1876,   in   Mc 
Pherson,  Kansas  to  J.  R.  Fisher.     They  have  one 
daughter, 
1_9   Mae  Eleanor  Fisher,  born  November  4,   1877. 
who  married  Dr.  Dickey.     He  died  in  1910,  and 
she  has  since  resided  villi  her  parents  in  Seattle. 
Washington. 
4_8   ANNA  MILLER,  born  March  23,  1860,  died  four 
years  later. 
2_7  JAMES  FULTON  CANINE,  son  of    John  and  Jane 
Ann,  was  born  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky  in  1830. 
and  while  yet  a  very  small  boy  was  taken  to  Craw- 
fordsville,  Indiana.     In  1852  he  married  Elizabeth 
Hutchinson  of  Crawfordsville,  who  was  born  about 
1833,  and  died  at  Indianapolis  in  1898.  He  practiced 
dentistry   in    Crawfordsville.   Indianapolis,   and   Co- 
lumbus, Indiana,  and  in  1863  removed  to  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  where  he  continued  practice  in  the  same 
building  since  occupied  by  his  son  and  now  by  his 
grandson.     He  was  well  known  as  a  skillful  and  suc- 
cessful practitioner.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copalian Church,  of  the  Democratic  Party,  and  the 
Masonic   Fraternity.    He    died   in   September,    1894. 
Three  Children: 

1_8  CHARLES    E.    CANINE,    bom  in  1854  in  Craw- 
fordsville, graduated  in  medicine  and  dentistry  in 
1874,  and  1875,  and  practiced  in  Louisville,  until 
1907,  when  he  retired.     In  1876  he  married  Mary 
E.  Kent,  who  was  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  in 
1856.     One  son, 
1_9  Robert  Fulton  Canine,  born  August  23,  1S78,  in 
Bartholomew  County,  Indiana,  the  only  grand- 
child of  James  Fulton   Canine.     He  is  unmar- 
ried and  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church 
and  of  the  Democratic  party.     He  graduated  in 
Dentistry  in  1899,  in  medicine  in  1902,  and  in 
Law  in   1913.     He  has  served  as  president  of 
the  Alumnae  Association  of  the  Louisville  Col- 
lege of  Dentistry,  of  the  Jefferson  County  Den- 
tal Society  and  of  the  Odontological  Society.  He 
is  now    Professor    of  Dental    Jurisprudence  in 
Louisville  College  of  Dentistry  and  is  Vice  Pre:  - 


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ident  of  the  Kentucky  State  Dental  Association. 
2_8  HAL  B.  CANINE,  born  in   1860,  married  Lillian 
Crockwell,  in   1883,  and  lived  in  Louisville  until 
1890,  then  in  Indianapolis  until  1910.     He  was  a 
dentist,  an  Episcopalian,  a  Templar  and  a  Shriner. 
He  died  in  Watertown,  New  York,  in  1911.     No 
children. 
3_S   MARY    FULTON    CANINE,    born    in    Louisville, 
Kentucky,  in  1866,  was  married  in  1888  to  Sidney 
Sclr'iT,  of  London,  England,  where  they  reside.  No 
children. 
3_7   RICHARD  HENRY  CANINE  was  born  July  14.  1S32, 
and  went  west  when  a  very  young  man.     It    is   said 
that  he  built  the  first  store  room  in  Topeka,  Kansas. 
In  1896  he  returned  and  spent  his  latter  years  with 
the  family  of  his  sister,  Mrs.  Wilhite  at  Crawfords- 
ville.  where  he  died,  unmarried,  July  19,  1912. 
4_7  ISABELLA  ANN  CANINE,  born  in  Crawfordsville, 
Indiana.  October  10,  1834,  was  married  there  No- 
vember 18.  1859.  to  Isaac  S.  Wilhite,  who  died  May 
30,  1908.     She  died  April  16,  1904.     He  was  a  cabi- 
net-maker of  Crawfordsville.      Most   of  the  family 
were    Republicans   and    Presbyterians.    All    born    in 
Crawfordsville. 
Their  Children  were: 
1_8  IRA  WILHITE,  born  August  8,  1860,  died  Febru- 
ary 28,  1864. 
2_8   GEORGE  WILHITE,  born  March  23,  1862,  died 

February  25,  1864. 
3_8  FREDERICK  B.   WILHITE,   born  September  22, 
1864,  married   Dora   Burk   of  Crawfordsville,   on 
November  30.  1892.     He  is  a  bookkeeper  in  Craw- 
fordsville.    One  son, 
1_9   Gordon  F.  Wilhite,  born  October  20,  1894,  who 
is  a  clerk.  Unmarried. 
4_8   CHARLES    ORTH    WILHITE,    born  October  16, 
1866,  whose  residence  at  present  is  Missoula,  Mon- 
tana, where  he  is  in  the  U.  S.  Government  Forest 
service.     He  is  not  married. 
5_8  BENJAMIN  WASSON  WILHITE.  born  February 
11,  1869,  was  married  at  Crawfordsville,  April  18, 
1894,  to    Belle  Harlan,    who    was    born    July  31, 
1872,    and    died    January    14,    1902.     She  was  a 


VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


member  of  the  Christian  Church.     He  was  again 
married  on  February  4,  1904,  at  Danville,  Illinois. 
to  Nelle  Rountree,  born    at    Alamo,  Indiana,  July 
12,  1878.     He  is  a  printer  at  Crawfordsville. 
Children,  First  marriage : 
1_9  Lois  Edna  Wilhite,  born  April  22,  1895,  who  is 

a  musician. 
2_9  Edith  Alice  Wilhite,  born  April  25,  1897,  who 

is  a  teacher. 
3_9  Elinor  Belle  Wilhite,  born  October  30,  1899. 
Children,  Second  marriage: 

4_9  Richard  Canine  Wilhite,  born  May  20,  1908. 
5_9   Anna  Marion  Wilhite,  born  August  18,  1910. 
G_8  EDITH  MAY  WILHITE,  born  October  26,  1870, 
was    married    on    November    18,    1891,    to    John 
Frank  Layne,  born  July  IS,  1869.  at  Crawfords- 
ville, where  he  is  now  superintendent  of  a  Casket 
factory.     He  is  a  Democrat.     They  are  Methodists. 
Children : 

1_9  Helen  Autumn  Layne,  born  September  8,  1892, 
was  married  on  January  5,  1911,  at  Danville. 
Illinois,  to  Fred  Vernon  Frazier,  born  February 
18,  1891,  and  a  manufacturer  at  Elwood,  Indi- 
ana. Methodists  and  Republicans.     One  son, 
1_10  Vernon  Layne  Frazier,  born  March  31,  1914 
at  Elwood. 
2_9   Donald  Wilhite  Layne,  born  July  13,  1894,  died 

October  17,  1894. 
3_9  Lloyd  Ernest  Layne,  born  October  17,  1896. 
7_8  JAMES  B.  WILHITE,  son  of  Isaac  and  Isabel,  was 
born  March  31,  1872,  and  was  married  on  October 
16,  1901,  to  Winona  Maud  Gerard,  born  at  Leba- 
non, Indiana,  May  17,  1S73.     He  is  a  merchant  at 
Crawfordsville.     Republican  and  Methodist.  One 
son, 
1_9  Ernest  Gerald  Wilhite.  born  Sept,  27,  1904. 
8_8  ERNEST  FRANK  WILHITE,  born  February   13, 

1874,  died,  unmarried,  March  10,  1899. 
9_8  LEOTA    AUTUMN    WILHITE,    born  October  9, 
1878,  has  resided  three  years  in   Missouli,   Mon- 
tana, with  her  brother  Charles. 
.7  WINIFRED  CANINE,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane, 
died  young. 


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4_6  ABRAHAM  CANINE, 
son  of  Richard  and  Charity  (Van  Nuys)  Canine,  was  born 
at  Shelbyville,  Kentucky,  February   15,   1807.     He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Ann  Leffler,  who  was  born  May  22,  1810,  and 
died  March  19,  1860.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  of  the  Whig  Party.     About  1835,  be- 
ing opposed  to  slavery,  they  went  to  Indiana,  and  lived 
on  a  farm  near  Crawlordsville  until  about  1847,  when 
they  moved  to  Rensselaer,  Indiana.     He  died  in  Chicago, 
March  9,  1891. 
Children : 
1_7  WILLIAM  B.  CANINE,  born  June  19,  1832,  married 
Martha  E.  Gayley,  January  31,  1856.  She  died,  leav- 
ing   one  child,    and    he  married    Louisa   Catherine 
Fountain,  who  now  lives  with  their  only  daughter, 
Frances  Adney.     He  was  a  Republican,  and  was  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  the  nursery  business.  He  serv- 
ed a  term  as  postmaster.     He  died  at  Garden  City, 
Kansas,  in  August,  1913. 
Children : 

1_8   MAY  CANINE,  who  married Knox,  and  now 

lives  in  Louisiana.  They  have  four  grown  children. 
2_8  FRANCES  CANINE,  who  married  Clarence  Ad- 
ney, and  lives  in  Corinne,  Utah.     One  son, 
1_9   Glenn  Robert  Adney,  born  July  27,  1910. 
3_8   A  son  who  died  in  infancy. 
2_7  SUSAN    M.    CANINE,    born  September  2,  1836,  at 
Crawfordsville,  was  married  on  October  14,  1857  to 
Jasper  Aydlotte  Hutchinson,  whose  ancestors  came 
over   in   the    Mayflower.      She    died    in    September, 
1875.     One  daughter, 
1_8   MABEL    HUTCHINSOxN,    who    married    Walter 
Lincoln   Richards,   June   2G,    1888.      They   live   in 
Kansas  City,  where    he  is    superintendent  of  the 
freight  department  of  local  and  terminal  railways. 
They  are  all  members  of  St.  George's  Episcopal 
Church.     One  son, 
1_9  HOWARD  HUTCHINSON  Richards,  who  mar- 
ried Myra  Beall  of  Kansas  City.    One  daughter, 
1_10  Jeanne    Marie    Richards,    born    March    24, 
1915,  and  christened  at  St.  George's. 
3_7   CHARITY  E.  CANINE,  born  October  1,  1811.  was 
married  on  November  25,  1858,  to  John  T.  Wilson, 


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who  was  born  February  27,  1836.  and  died  Novem- 
ber 3,  1894.     They  lived  on  a  farm  near  Goodland, 
Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8  LAWRENCE  HOMER  WILSON,  born  March  31, 
1860,  married  Rebecca  Levi  in   March,   1897,  at 
Charleston,  West  Virginia,  where  he  died  August 
22,  1912.  In  early  life  an  editor  in  Dakota,  he  later 
went  into  the  insurance  business  in  Chicago.  One 
daughter, 
1_9  Nancy  Elizabeth  Wilson,  born  April  15,  1899. 
2_8  CHARLES    LEON    WILSON,    born    February    2, 

1862,  died  August  30.  1865. 
3_8   GRACE  LURA  WILSON,  born  January  7,   1864, 
was  married  on  January  20,  1886.  to  W.  A.  Bring- 
ham,  who  was  born  February  21,  1857.     He  is  a 
Prohibition  Republican,  and  they  are  Methodists. 
He  is  a  merchant  in  Bloomington,  Illinois. 
Children : 
1_9  Lawrence  E.  Bringham,  born  January  26,  1887. 

is  an  actor. 
2_9  Pearl  Bringham.  born  November  16,  1888.  died 

December  20.   1888. 
3_9  Russell  Wilson  Bringham,  born  September  22. 

1891,  is  a  merchant. 
4_9   Donald  William  Bringham,  born  April  29,  1894. 
4_8   CLAUDE  WILSON,  born  October  20,  1866,  died 

February  8,  1868. 
5_8   OSCAR  LEE  WILSON,  born  June  15,  1871,  lives 

in  Chicago,  a  traveling  salesman. 
6_8  LORENA  WILSON,  born  February  24,  1876.  was 
married    in    1888    to    F.  D.  Gilman,    a  banker   at 
Goodland,  Indiana.     She  died  in  a  railroad  wreck, 
July  10,  1901,  leaving  six 
Children : 
1_9   Owen  D.  Gilman,  born  September  23.  1890,  is 

a  business  man  in  Chicago. 
2_9   Hazel  Gilman.  born  March  16,  1892. 
3_9  Wayne  C.  Gilman,  born  March  8,  1894.  is  in  the 

Bloomington  Law  School. 
4_9   Marian  Gilman,  born  April   14.   1896. 
5_9  Leona  Gilman,  born  January  19.  1898. 
6_9   Grace  Gilman.  born  November  21,  \$W. 


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7_8  RAYMOND    WILSON,   born   February   24,    1876, 

died  June  26.  1900. 
8_8   ETHEL  WILSON,   born   April  27,    1883,   married 
P.  C.  Chattin.     They  live  in  Bloomington,  Illinois. 
Children : 

1_9   Homer  Lee  Chattin,  born  February  15,  1910. 
2_9   Clyde  Wilson  Chattin.  bom  October  11,  1913. 
4_7  SAMUEL  RICE  CANINE,  son  of  Abraham  and  Sar- 
ah, was  born  June  23.  1844.  and  married  Mary  A. 
Dunn,  November  2,   1882.     He  was  a  merchant  at 
Sheldon,  Illinois,  where  he  died,  November  5,  1914. 
One  daughter, 
1_8  IONE    CANINE,    born    June  16,  1887,    who  is  a 
teacher  at  Fairbury,  Illinois. 
5_7  ISAAC  N.  CANINE  was  born  at  Rensselaer,  Indiana, 

August  3,  1350,  and  died  October  22,  1858. 
6_7  SARAH    FRANCES    CANINE,    born  December  24, 
1852,  was  married  on  September  4,  1875,  to  John  C. 
Cantner,  who  was  born  June  6,  1850,  and  died  July 
30,  1902.    She  is  now  librarian  of  the  Hamilton  Park 
Branch  of  the  Public  Library,  in  Chicago. 
5_6   CORNELIUS  CANINE, 
son  of  Richard  and  Charity  (Van  Nays)  Canine,  was  born 
February  7,  1809,  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  and  was 
married  there  on  January  31,  1833,  to  Susan  J.  Bali,  who 
was     born     August     3,     1817,     and     was     a     daughter 
of      Secretary      and      Elizabeth      Ball.        They      were 
members   of   the    Presbyterian    Church.      All    the    other 
children  of  Richard  and  Charity  went  with  them  to  In- 
diana, in  the  early  30's,  but  Cornelius  did  not  leave  Ken- 
tucky until  about  1852,  when  he  went  to  Jackson  Coun- 
ty, Missouri.    It  is  said  that  he  owned  eight  hundred  acres 
of  land,  part  of  which  is  now  in  Kansas  City.     He  died 
January  28,  1865.     His  widow  survived  him  many  years, 
dying  May  17,  1904. 

Children  : 
1_7  SARAH  ELIZABETH  CANINE,  born  June  22.  1834. 
married  William  A.  Markwell,  of  Boyle  County, 
Kentucky,  March  11,  1884.  She  is  now  living  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  "a  woman  universally  liked". 
9_7  SUSAN  MARY  CANINE,  born  August  12,  1836,  was 
married  March  10,  1853,  to  Edward  West  of  Jack- 


2S6  VAX  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


son  County,  Missouri,    who  died    October  11,  18S2. 
She  died  January  19,  1904. 
Children: 
1_8  JAMES  SHELBY  WEST,  born  in  Jackson  County, 
Missouri,  February  12,  1854,  married  Alice  Mor- 
ris.    Seven 
Children: 
1_9   Mary    Alice    West,    born  September  11,  1878, 

married  E.  O.  Knight. 
2_9   Anna  Elizabeth  West,  born  October  14,  1880, 

married  N.  J.  Stone   (?). 
3_9   James  William  West,  born  February  13,  1883. 

married  Myrtle  Cooper. 
4_9  Edward  Morris  West,  born  July  23,  1885,  mar- 
ried Edna  Scott  (?). 
5_9   George  Givens  West,  born  November  25,  1887, 

married  Stella  Welburn. 
6_9  Lida  Grace  West,  born  February  1,  1890. 
7_9   Mary  Beatrice  West,  born  July  1,  1894. 
2_8   CORNELIUS    WEST,    son  of  Edward  and  Susan, 
was  born  July  15,  1856,  and  married  Alice  Llale, 
September  4,  1884.     One  son, 
1_9   George  Hale  West,  who  was  born  on  July  6. 
1888,  and  was  married  on  February  13,  1911. 
3_8  ELIZABETH    WEST,    daughter  of  Edward   and 
Susan,  was  born  in  Independence,   Missouri.  No- 
vember 18,  1858,  and  was  married  to  Claude  Love, 
in    Westport,    Missouri,    August    24,    1881.     One 
daughter, 
1_9   Ora  Love,  who  was  born  in  Kansas  City,  June 
18,  1882,  and  was  married  to  Joe  E.  Dunlap, 
June  6,  1906. 
4_8  LOU  WEST,  born  in  1861,  married  James  A.  Ball. 
in  June  1882.     He  lost  his  life  in  a  railroad  acci- 
dent December  10,  1910,  on  a  visit  in  Texas. 
5_8   MAYME  WTEST,  third  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Susan  West,  was  born  September  10,   1869,  and 
was  married  to  W.  A.  Gordon,  October  26,  1893. 
6_8  EMMA  G.  WEST,  born  May  31,  1877.  married  Ed- 
ward H.  Allen,  September  28,  1902. 
7_8  WILLIAM  W.  WEST. 


DESCENDANTS   ISAAC-FLORA    VAX    NU YSlCIIAKITY    10_5)    2S7 


3_7  JAMES  H.  CANINE,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Susan,  was 
born  Sept.  25,  1S38.  He  served  in  the  Confederate 
army  in  the  Civil  War,  and  after  his  return  home 
took  a  cattle  train  to  go  west,  and  was  killed  by  In- 
dians, who  attacked  the  train  on  August  16,  1867. 

4_7  NANCY  J.  CANINE,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and 
Susan,  was  born  April  3,  1841,  in  Kentucky.  She 
lives  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Markwell. 

5_7  MALVINA  F.  CANINE,  born  November  13,  1843, 
died  September  21,  1844. 

6_7  MILDRED  A.  CANINE,  born  August  22,  1845,  mar- 
ried Benjamin  T.  Holhvay,  December  22,  1864,  and 
died  December  31,  1864. 
7_7  MINERVA  W.  CANINE,  born  June  29,  1848,  mar- 
ried William  D.  Hornbuckle,  of  Jackson  County, 
Missouri,  where  they  live  on  a  farm.  They  are  Bap- 
tists. 

Children : 
1_8  ROY  DAVIS  HORNBUCKLE,  born  November  9. 
1874,    married    Myra    E.    Colgan    September  26, 
1912.     A  farmer  and  a  Baptist. 
2_8  NANNIE    BYRD    HORNBUCKLE,    born    October 

15,  1879. 
3_8  ROBERT  CANINE  HORNBUCKLE,  born  July  2, 
1883,  married  Edith  Lass,    November    24,   1912. 
One  son, 
1_9  James  Robert  Hornbuckle,  born  Sept.  27,  1915. 
4_8  WILLIAM    RUFUS    HORNBUCKLE,    born    April 
29,    1886,    married    Elma    Spencer,    October    23, 
1915.     He  is  a  lawyer. 
8_7  ROBERT  B.  CANINE,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Susan  J., 
was  born    March  20,  1851,    in    Kentucky,    and  was 
married  on  October  26,   1886,  to  Louisa  McKehan, 
who  died  October  15,  1900.     One  son, 
1_8  STANLEY  MC  KEHAN  CANINE,  born  November 
4,  1887. 
9_7   WILLIAM  S.  CANINE,  born  November  28,  1851,  in 
Jackson  County,  is  now  in  the  real  estate  business  in 
Kansas  City.     He  is  a  deacon  in  the  Central  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  all   bis  children   are   Presbyter- 
ians.   He  married  Susan  Miller,  daughter  ot  the  Rev. 


2S8  VAX  NTJYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


George    Miller,    at    Tarkio,    Missouri,    February    .'». 
1890.     She  died  December  1,  1909. 
Children : 
1_8  AMELIA   GLESSNER    CANINE,   born    December 
25,   1890,  was  married  to  Paul  G.  Greer,  July  2, 
1912. 
Children : 

1_9  SUSAN  JEAN  GREER,  born  April  13,  1913. 
2_9  Infant  daughter,  born  April  19,  1916. 
2_8  SUSAN  JULIETTE  CANINE,  bom  Sunday,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1892. 
3_8   WILLIAM  LELAND  CANINE,  son  of  Wm.  S.  and 

Susan,  was  born  November  11,  1893. 
4_8   MARGARETTA  CANINE,  born  Julv  15,  1895. 
5_8   GEORGE  MILLER  CANINE,  born  May  3,  1S9S. 
6.6   RICHARD  CANINE, 
son  of  Richard  and  Charity  (Van  Nuys)  Canine,  was  born 
in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  January  18,  1811.  and  died 
December  10,  1896.     He  was  married  in  Woodford  Coun- 
ty, Kentucky,  in  1832.    to  Eliza    Gwynn.    who  was  b<  rn 
December  16,  1811.  and  died  July  15,  1886.     Her  brother 
Mitchell  married  Lucinda  Canine.    Richard  Canine  went 
to  Crawfordsville,  Indiana,  in  1836,  when  his  father  went, 
and  they  spent  their  lives  there. 

Eight  Children: 
1_7   MARY  J.  CANINE,  born  December  27,  1833,  died 

unmarried.  May  23,  1863. 
2_7   MILDRED  ANN  CANINE,  was  born  at  Waveland. 
Indiana,  April  2.  1835,  and  was  married  to  James 
Harvey  White  on  October  3,  1854.     In   1858,  they 
bought  and  settled  upon  a  tract  of  land  now  occupied 
by  part  of  the  site  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  at 
Urbana.     This  venture  failed  of  success,  and  they 
traded  the  160  acres  of  land  for  a  yoke  of  oxen  and 
a  wagon, in  which  wagon  they  returned  to  Waveland, 
driving  the  oxen.     But  in  1865  they  again  went  to 
Illinois,    and  settled  on    a  farm  adjoining  Moulton, 
(Now  Shelbyville).     She  died  there  on  the  evening 
of  the  day  her  husband  was  buried,  August  2,  1895. 
Children: 
1_8  ALBERT    THOMPSON    WHITE,    born  at  Wave- 
land,  Indiana,  September  10,  1855.  who  has  had 
a   checkered  life.     He  has  been    twice    married, 


DESCENDANTS   ISAAC-FLORA   VAN   NUYS( CHARITY    10_5)    2S9 


first  to  Fannie  Durkee  at  Shclbyville,  March  3, 
1879,  by  whom  he  had  two  children.  No  children 
by  the  second  wife.  They  live  at  Fraid,  Mon- 
tana. He  was  in  the  Spanish  War,  then  in  service 
in  the  Philippine  Islands. 

2_8  CLARA  SARAH  WHITE,  born  November  7,  1857, 
now  living  at  Shelbyville,  Illinois.  Single. 

3_S  WILL  R.  WHITE,  born  at  Waveland,  March  17, 
1861,  went  to  Camden  in  1881,  and  was  married 
at  Frankfort,  on  October  4,  1882.  to  Fannie  Smith. 
He  is  a  banker  and  real  estate  dealer  at  Camden, 
Indiana. 

Children : 

1_9  Knowles  D.  White,  bom  at  Frankfort,  Indiana, 
July  16,  1884,  is  a  graduate  of  Rose  Polytechnic 
Institute  at  Terre  Haute,  Indiana.  He  married 
Ruby  McMillen,  at  Indianapolis,  in  April,  1906, 
and  lived  in  Chicago  until  1912,  when  he  lo- 
cated in  Columbus,  Georgia,  where  a  technical 
education  is  at  a  premium.     One  daughter, 

1_10   Dorothv  D.  White,  born  in  Chicago,  Febru- 
ary 9,  1908. 
2_9  James  George  White,  born  September  19,  1886, 
was  married  on  November  4,  1915  to  Cathlyn 
Umstead,  of  Bradley,  Illinois.     Ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  leave  school  early,  and  he  went 
to    Chicago    when    only    seventeen,    then    eight 
years  later  to  Kaukakee,  where  they  now  re- 
side. 
3_9  Mildred  Elizabeth  White,  born  at  Shelbyville, 

Illinois,  March  21,  1900. 
4_9,Will  R.  White,  Jr.,  born  September  19,  1904. 
4_8   JAMES  HARVEY  WHITE,  JR.,  born  at  Brown's 
Valley,  Indiana,    December  18,    1862,    lived  for 
many  years  with  his  brother  W.  R.,  but  is  now 
living  at  Shelbyville,  Illinois.    Unmarried. 
5_8  WALTER  T.  WHITE,  born  at  Shelbyville,  Illinois, 
October  1,   1865,    married    Fannie  White    about 
1896  and  went  to  Roswell,  New  Mexico.     He 
in  1914,    and    his  wife    died    the  following  year, 


290  VAN  NUYS  FAMILY  HISTORY 


leaving-  her  two  children,  Joy  and  Nellie,  who  are 
married  and  living  in  New  Mexico. 

6_8   MILDRED  BELLE  WHITE,  born  March  11,  18G 
died  March  10,  1878,  at  Shelbyville,  Illinois. 

7_8  ALTA  PHRONE  WHITE,  born  October  3.  1ST  \. 
married  John  J.  Ward,  a  banker  at  Shelbyville. 
Illinois,  where  they  now  live. 

3_7  WILLIAM  G.  CANINE,  born  April  23.  1837,  who 
died  November  13.  1862,  at  Crawfordsville,  just  al- 
ter he  was  brought  home  from  the  war. 

4_7  FRANCES    JANE    CANINE,    born    April  12,  1839, 
married  David  M.  White,  brother  to  James  Harvey, 
on  February  10,  1857.     They  lived  at  Pana,  Illinois, 
where  she  died,  June  10,  1909.     Nine 
Children : 

1_8  EMMA  ELIZA  WHITE,  born  March  20,  1858.  was 
married  October  24,  1877,  to  Joshua  B.  Walker. 
They  live  in  Pana,  Illinois.  Two  children,  both  of 
whom  died  in  infancy. 

2^8  LUCY  BELLE  WHITE,  born  August  14,  1861,  was 
married  to  Hugh  R.  McLeod,  June  10,  18S4.  He 
died  April  9,  1888,  and  she  married  Howard  R. 
Henderson  on  June  26,  1898.  They  live  in  Taylor- 
ville,  Illinois,  and  have  no  children. 

3_8   CHARLES    EDWIN    WHITE,    born    January    6. 
1864,  married  Amelia  Zwickle,  and  lives  at  Van- 
dalia,  Illinois.     Two  living 
Children: 

1_9  Hallie  M.  White. 
2_9   Charles  Harry  White. 

4_8  RICHARD  FRANKLIN  WHITE,  born  January  6, 
1866,  was  married  to  Marguerite  Tate,  on  Octo- 
ber 3,  1890.  He  died  October  22,  1890,  at  Pana, 
Illinois. 

5_8  HARRY  JOHN  WHITE,  born  July  8.  1868.  was 
married  at  Vandalia,  Illinois,  to  Anna  I.  Stout.  He 
was  killed  in  an  auto  wreck,  October  14,  1913.  No 
children. 

6_8  NELLIE  M.  WHITE,  born  January  10,  1871,  was 
married  February  10,  1891,  to  Edward  Armstrong. 


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who  died  November  1,  1895.  She  was  again  mar- 
ried about  1000  to  Perry  Hunter,  and  the  third 
time  to  Edward  A.  Langston.  They  live  at  Cocoa, 
Florida.    She  has  no  children. 

7_8  FRED  PADDOCK  WHITE,  born  November  15, 
1875,  was  married  to  Emma  Prosser,  in  1894,  but 
they  separated  in  1908,  and  he  married  Gretta 
Edwards.  They  live  in  Anthony,  Kansas.  Two 
children,  both  of  whom  died  early. 

8_8  WILLIAM  ELMER  WHITE,  born  September  19, 
1878,  was  married  in  June,  1903,  at  Pana,  Illinois, 
to  Pearl  Shaffer. 

Children : 

1_9   Dorothy  May  White,  born  in  1905. 

2_9  Robert  Eugene  White. 

9_8  ERNEST  LEOLIN  WHITE  was  born  November 
24,  18S0,  and  married  Etta  L.  Newcomb,  August 
29,  1906.  He  is  a  partner  of  J.  B.  Walker  in  busi- 
ness at  Pana. 

Children : 

1_9   David  Newcomb  White,  born  Oct.  27,  1907. 

2_9  Laura  Frances  White,  born  August  30,  1909. 

3_9  Walker  White,  bom  March  22,  1911. 

5_7  ROBERT  H.  CANINE,  born  April  23,  1841,  was  mar- 
ried at  Hillsboro,  Illinois.  December  22,  1SG8,  to 
Emily  Glenn,  now  deceased.  He  is  a  physician  at 
Clarksville,  Missouri.  One  daughter, 

1_8   CATHERINE  CANINE,  who  married  Hays, 

a  lawyer.     They  live  in  California. 

G_7  JOHN  C.  CANINE,  born  September  25.  1843,  has 
been  twice  married.  Both  wives  now  deceased.  One 
daughter,  who  died  young.  He  lives  at  Crawfords- 
ville,  Indiana. 

7_7  ISABELLE  B.  CANINE,  born  April  7,  I84G,  married 
William  K.  Wallace,  who  died  in  190G.  She  died 
November  16,  1907.     No  children. 

8_7  NANCY   ELIZABETH   CANINE,   born   January  29, 
1849,  married  Joseph  A.  Southard,  March  1G,  1S70, 
and  lives  at  Frankfort,  Indiana. 
Children: 


292  VAN  XUYS  FAMILY  HISTOKY 


1_8  JOSEPHINE  SOUTHARD,  who  was  born  July  19, 
1871,  married  H.  W.  Hubbard  in  1890,  and  live: 
in  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Children : 

1_9  LeRoy  Hubbard,  born  May  29,  1893. 
2_9  Harry  Hubbard,  Jr.,  born  October  3,  1903. 
2_8  FRANK  A.  SOUTHARD,  born  May  31,  1875,  mar- 
ried Mav  Boucher,  November  19,  1900. 
Children : 

1_9  Elizabeth  Southard,  born  December  3,  1902. 
2_9  Frank,  Jr.,  bom  January  3,  1905. 
3_8  BELLE  SOUTHARD,    born    March  9,    1877,  was 
marred  to  Charles  Cheney,  November  14,   1900. 
One  child, 
1_9  Charles  Cheney,  Jr.,  born  January  3,  1905. 
4_8  ROBERTA    SOUTHARD,    born    October  9.  1880, 
was  married  to  Virgil  Bolyard,  June  11,  1903. 
Children : 

1_9  Robert  Bolvard,  born  Dec.  23,  1905. 
2_9  John  Bolvard.  born  June  18,  1907. 
3_9   Helen  Bolvard.  born  February  10,  1912. 
5_8  WALLACE  SOUTHARD,  born  April  1,  1882.  mar- 
ried Viola  McClenland,   October  12,   1910.     One 
daughter. 
1_9  Louise  Southard,  born  January  6,  1915. 
7_6  JAMES  CANINE, 
born  about  1913,  died  young. 

8_6  LUCINDA  CANINE, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Charity  (Van  Nuys)  Canine  was 
born  about  1815  or  1816.  and  married  Mitchell  Gwynn. 
They  lived  near  Crawfordsville.     Three  of  their 

Children  were: 
1_7  JOHN  GWYNN,  who  died  several  years  ago. 
2_7  WILLIAM  GWYNN 

3_7  BOYCE  GWYNN.  He  has  a  son  at  Terre  Haute,  who 
is  a  graduate  of  Wabash  College. 

9_6   MARY  (POLLY)  CANINE, 
who  was  married  first  to  Jefferson  Scott.     He  died,  ami 
she  was  married  again  to  Michael  Swan,  a  minister  in  the 
Christian  Church.     She  lived  and  died  in  Bloom ingtoii, 
Illinois. 


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3CL6  WILLIAM  CANINE, 
son  of  Richard  and  Charity,  died  in  infancy. 
11-6   HENRY  RICE  CANINE 
was  bom  August  10,  1824,  and  died  November  23,  1896. 
He  married    Sarah  A.  Benetiel.    who    was   born  May  30 
1826.  and  died  June  24,   1904.     They  both  lived  from 
childhood  in  Crawfordsville,  Indiana. 

Children: 
1_7  MARY  ELIZABETH  CANINE,  who  married  John 
Crow  Fullenwider,  son  of  Christopher  and  Sarah 
Van  Nice  Fullenwider,  on  September  17,  1868.  He 
is  a  real  estate  dealer  in  Crawfordsville.  They  are 
Presbyterians. 
Children : 

1_8  LENA    LEOTA    FULLENWIDER,    who    married 
Rev.  Howard  S.  Morrison,  a  Presbyterian  minister 
in  Syracuse,  Ohio. 
Children : 

1_9   Herbert  C.  Morrison. 
2_9  Paul  E.  Morrison. 
2_8   HERBERT   RICE   FULLENWIDER,   who   lives  in 
Montana.     He  is  married  and  has  ore  daughter, 
1_9   Mary  Elizabeth  Fullenwider,  born  in  1909. 
2_7  EDNA  J.  CANINE,  second  daughter  of  Henry  Rice 
and  Sarah,  lives  in  Crawfordsville  with  her  sister. 
12_6  SAMUEL   CANINE, 
youngest  child  of  Richard  and  Charity,  was  born  in  1826, 
and  died,  unmarried,  while  still  a  young  man. 

MAGDALENE  VAN  NUYS  VAN  DER  VEER 
Magdalene  5,  Isaac  4,  Isaac  3,  Jacobus  2.  Aucke  1. 
?_5  MAGDALENE  VAN  NUYS,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Flora  (Quick)  Van  Nuys,  married  Henrv 
Van  der  Veer,  and  left  descendants,  but  none 
of  them  have  been  located,  altho'  there  are 
many  Vandiviers  and  Vandivers  in  Kentucky  and  Indi- 
ana. If  this  should  fall  under  the  eye  of  any  who  trace 
their  lineage  to  this  couple,  their  record  will  be  accent- 
able,  if  sent  in.  Magdalen  seems  always  to  have  been 
called  Laney  or  Leena.  Hendrick  Van  der  Veer's  name 
occurs  in  the  list  of  those  known  to  have  lived  in  the  Cone- 


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wago  settlement  in  Pennsylvania,  and  the  following  entry 
is  found  in  the  records  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church 
there : 

"Baptized  November  8,  17S9,  Child  Seyntie ;  parents 
Hendrick  Van  der  Veer  and  wife  Leena." 

This  record  makes  176S  or  17G9  seem  probable  as  the 
date  of  Laney's  birth,  and  places  her  between  Peter  and 
John  in  the  family  of  Isaac.  But  Hendrick  Van  der  Veer  was 
in  Mercer  County,  Kentucky  in  1S19  and  in  1S29.  as  prov- 
ed by  his  signature  attached  to  the  two  agreements  en- 
tered into  by  the  heirs    in  those    years.     The    names    of 
their  children  that  have  come  down  to  us  are: 
1_6  JOHN  VAN  DER  VEER 
2_6  ISAAC  VAN  DER  VEER 
3_6  FLORA  VAN  DER  VEER 

7_6  ELIZA  VANNICE  GALEY. 

SEE  CHAPTER  TEX 

The  name  of  one  daughter.  Eliza,  was  inadvertently 
omitted  when  the  list  of  children  of  John  and  Letitia 
(Canine)  Van  Nice  was  sent,  and  it  has  only  very  recent- 
ly been  supplied.  It  is  given  here,  as  the  families  of  John 
Van  Nice  and  Richard  Canine  are  so  closely  related. 

ELIZA  VAN  NICE,  the  seventh  child,  was  born  in 
Kentucky,  February  25,  1810.  and  on  April  14,  1829.  in 
Shelby  County,  she  was  married  to  Samuel  Smith  Galey, 
who  was  born  August  26,  1809,  and  was  a  son  of  Samuel 
Galey,  who  had  come  from  the  Little  Pedee  River  coun- 
try, in  South  Carolina.  The  Galey  and  Van  Nice  families 
resided  "across  the  road"  from  each  other,  about  three 
miles  east  of  Shelbyville,  Kentucky.  In  the  fall  of  1829, 
the  Galey  family  moved  to  Montgomery  County,  Indiana, 
Samuel  and  wife  coining  with  them.  Eliza  Galey  rode 
on  horseback  on  the  trip  out,  and  he  drove  a  four-horse 
team  to  a  big  schooner  wagon,  containing  the  goods  of 
both  families.  Checklines  had  not  then  come  into  use, 
and  his  father  rode  one  horse  and  drove  the  other  to  a 
small  light  wagon,  in  which  the  mother  and  an  aunt  rode. 
Thus  they  made  the  journey,  which  required  over  a 
month.  Samuel  Smith  Galey  entered  land  three  miles 
west  of  Crawfordsville,  and  on  it  they  spent  thi   i 


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er  of  their  lives.    She  died  August  7,  1S52.    He  died  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1893. 
Children  : 
1_7   MARY  ANN  GALEY,  born  November  8,  1830,  mar- 
ried Wesley  Van  Arsdal,  about  1860.    She  died  April 
16,  1891.     One  son, 
1_8  JAMES  S.  VAN  ARSDAL,  who  died  in  1S66. 
2_7  NANCY    HANNAH    GALEY.    born  March  2,  1833, 
died  in  August,  1890.     On  February  22,  1853,  she 
married  Fergus  I.  Graham,  who  died  February  23, 
1891.     Two 
Children: 
1_8  SAMUEL  T.  GRAHAM,  born  May  18,  1854,  died 

July  22.  1854. 
2_8  EDWIN  H.  GRAHAM,  who  lives  in  Sparta,  Mo. 
3_7   JOHN  VANNICE  GALEY,  born  February  15,  1835, 
was  married  on  October  19.  18G5.  to  Matilda  Swear- 
ino:en.  who  was  born  July  7.  1842,  and  died  March 
7,  1879.     He  married  Ann  Gilkey,  October  16,  1883, 
who  was  born  January  27,  1842,  and  died  January 
1,  1896.     He  is  living  with  his  son  at  Crawfordsville. 
Children:   (by  first  marriage) 
1_8  FRANK  MOORE  GALEY,  born  October  23,  1866, 

died  October  28,  1868. 
2_8   ALBERT  SMITH  GALEY.    born    June  28,    1870, 
married  Filenia  Elliott,  June  1,  1904.  He  is  a  busi- 
ness man  at  Crawfordsville,  Indiana.  One  daugh- 
ter, 
1_9  Sarah  Matilda  Galey,  born  February  28,  1907. 
4_7  SUSAN  LETITIA  GALEY,  born    October  17.  1837, 
married  Newton  Swearingen.  about  1870.     He  died 
about  1881,  and  she  married  Martin  Simpson,  now 
deceased.     She  died  about  1889.     No  children. 
5_7  SARAH  ELIZA   GALEY,  born    November  5,   1839, 

died  unmarried,  September  8,  1907. 
6_7   MARTHA    JANE    GALEY.    born    March  25,  1842, 
married  Greenberry  W.  McCray,  March  6.  1862.  and 
moved  to  Kentland,  Indiana,  where  she  died  Decem- 
ber 12,   1912.     He  died,  December  13,  1913. 
Children : 


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1_8  FANNY  FERN  McCRAY,  born  January  5,  18G3, 
married  Frank  A.  Comparet,  February  26,  1884, 
who  died  November  6,  1905.     One  son, 

1_9.  Donald    Compare!,    born    September  14,  188-3, 
who  died  October  12,  1906. 

2_8  WARREN    I.    McCRAY,    born  Feoruary  4,  1SG5, 
married  Ella  M.  Adc,  on  June  15,  1892. 
Children : 

1_9  Lucile  Ade  McCray,  born  October  30,  1893. 
2_9   Gilbert  Ward  McCray,  born  October  14,  1896, 

died  December  22,  1896. 
3_9   Mrrion  McCray,  born  April  23,  1900. 
4_9  George    Warren    McCray,    born  September  7, 
1902. 

3_8  ANNIE  ELIZA  McCRAY,  born  October  30,  1S66. 

7_7  WM.  SCOTT  GALEY,  born  November  21,  1844,  died 
October  12,  1896.  He  married  Margaret  Bennett. 
One  daughter, 

1_8  ANNIE  GALEY,  who  married  Herman  Bratton. 
No  children. 

8_7   MALVINA  G.  GALEY,  born  October  22,  1849,  died 
May   11,   1912.     She  married  Benjamin  Easley,  in 
October,  1887.    No  children. 
9_7  SAMUEL  SMITH   WARREN   GALEY.   born   March 
28,  1850,  died  June  1,  1915.     He  married  Catherine 
Bennett,  deceased. 
Children : 
1_8  ELIZA  GALEY,  who  married  Eugene  Harris,  and 
has    four  children:     Hazel,  Helen,   Howard,  and 
Mary  Catherine. 
2_8  WARREN  BENNETT  GALEY.  who  married  Myr- 
tle Galloway.     One  child,  Mary  Martha  Galey. 
3_8  JOHN    SMITH    GALEY,    who  married  Clarabel 

Hall.     No  children. 

4_8  WILLIAM    OTIS    GALEY,    who    married    Cecil 

Guthrie,  and  has  one  child, 

1_9   Marjorie    Galey,    the    youngest  descendant  of 

Eliza  Van  Nice.  They  live  at  Kentland,  Indiana. 

10_7  JAMES  MOORE  GALEY,  born  May  16,  1854,  mar- 


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ried  Belle  Childers.     He  is  living     near  Crawfords- 
ville,  Indiana. 
Children : 
1_8  LEROY  CHILDERS  GALEY,    who  married  Ruby 
Falls  and  has  two  children,  Margaret  Allen  and 


2_8  MABEL  B.  GALEY,  who  married  Dr.  Homer  G. 
Davidson,  of  Seattle,  Washington.  Two  children, 
William  and  Elizabeth. 


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CHAPTER  XV 


CORRECTIONS  AND  ADDITIONS. 

After  the  body  of  this  work  went  to  press,  a  number  of 
late  items  were  grouped  and  added  for  reference  with 
ERRATA. 

— On  pages  18  and  62,  read  "Martha  Van  Arsdalen 
Van  Nuys"  for  "Marie  Van  Arsdalen  Van  Nuys." 

— On  page  36  read  "army  rosters"  for  "army  of  ros- 
ters." 

— page  55  Abigail  for  Abagail. 

— page  71,  "whither  each  had  gone"  for  "has  gone". 

— page  79,  "Isaac,  son  of  Henry  and  Leah"  for  "Isaac, 
son  of  Isaac  and  Leah". 

— page  84,  under  "2_7  John  Van  Nuys"  it  should  be 
stated  that  two  of  his  daughters  are  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Coats 
of  Delphi,  Indiana,  and  Mrs.  Lillie  Ball  of  Indianapolis. 

— page  95.  Under  5_8  "Albert,  etc."  see  page  240  fo/ 
record. 

— page  118,  "Northfield"  for  "Northeld". 

— page  134.  7_8  Florence  Mabel  is  now  in  Seattle. 

— page  135.  In  the  autumn  of  1916,  Claude  Cornelius 
Van  Nuys  was  selected  by  the  trustees  as  head  of  the  De- 
partment of  Physics,  in  the  Colorado  School  of  Mines,  at 
Golden,  which  chair  he  now  holds, 
—page  143.  4_9,  1903  for  193. 
—page  185,  omit  "by  second  marriage". 
-page  186,  "Lewis  Mc"  for  "MC". 
—page  225,  Samuel    Demaree    and    Susanna    Brower 
were  married  in  Bergen  County,  New  Jersey,  on  Decem- 
ber 1,  1763,  according  to  the  records  of  the  Dutch  Re- 
formed Church  at  Schraalenburgh,  in  that  county. 

— page  232.  Read  "0"  for  "A"  in  Cornelius. 


In  page  headings  read  RECORD  for  HISTORY,  the 
latter  word  being  a  misnomer,  inasmuch  as  the  compiler 
disclaims  any  idea  of  writing  a  history  of  the  family.  The 
only  apology  that  can  be  offered  for  the  lack  of  uniform- 
ity and  the  many  lapses  in  diction,    is    the    "piece 


CORRECTIONS  AND  ADDITIONS  299 


method  of  compiling  the  work,  necessitated  by  its  being- 
done  entirely  in  the  odd  moments  of  a  busy  life.  The 
work  has  grown  far  beyond  the  bounds  originally  intend- 
ed. 


NECROLOGY. 

— page  174.  Samuel  Noel  Van  Nice  of  Russell,  Iowa, 
died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Smiley  Littleton, 
on  December  14,  1916. 

— page  192,  Jacob  L.  Kurtz,  Jr.,  died  in  the  fall  of  1916. 

— page  193.  Alary  Taylor  died  in  October,  1916. 


More  cuts  would  have  added  to  the  interest,  but 
numerous  requests  failed  to  bring  responses  of  photo- 
graphs. 


NAME. 

Some  have  dissented  from  the  opinion  herein  express- 
ed, that  Aucke  Janse  Van  Nuys  look  the  surname  Van 
Nuys  after  going  to  Amsterdam — possibly  even  after 
reaching  New  Amsterdam.  One  correspondent  says  she 
has  always  heard  that  the  name  was  "Nuys"  in  France. 
but  that  after  the  family  removed  to  Holland  the  right  to 
the  prefix  "Von"  was  conferred  upon  them,  and  this  was 
changed  to  "Van"  after  they  had  been  in  America  some 
time.  This  would  indicate  German  rather  than  Dutch 
descent,  of  which  latter  there  is  not  the  slightest  doubt. 

Another  reports  that  he  has  been  reliably  informed 
that  Van  Nuys  is  the  name  of  a  well-known  family  in 
Holland  at  the  present  time.  However,  the  pre  onder- 
ance  of  evidence  seems  to  sustain  the  view  given  in  the 
introduction,  concerning  the  origin  of  the  name. 

In  this  connection  it  may  be  stated  that  a  number  of 
persons  have  mentioned  a  Van  Nuys  coat  of  arms,  and 
the  one  most  frequently  described  consists  of  three  swans 
on  the  shield.  A  cut  which  purports  to  be  the  coat  of  arms 
of  a  branch  of  the  Van  Nuys  family  in  Holland,  is  given 
in  this  record  on  another  page,  but  it  is  doubtful,  to  say 
the  least,  whether  any  of  the  American  families  are  en- 
titled to  the  use  of  either. 


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The  various  ways  of  spelling  the  name  are  confusing, 

but,  although  there  seems  a  growing-  disposition  to  revert 
to  and  adopt  the  original  spelling  (Van  Nuys),  there  is 
small  probability  that  its  adoption  will  ever  be  general. 


ADDITIONAL  RECORDS 

The  following  data  was  sent  in  concerning  families 
whom  we  cannot  locate  on  the  family  tree,  but  they  are 
given,  in  the  belief  that  some  one  will  be  able  to  trace 
the  connection. 

Mrs.  Rufus  Wilson  Van  Nuys,  of  West  Stay  ton,  On  gon, 
sends  the  record  of 

JACOBUS  J.  VAN  NUYS, 
who  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  September  30,  1778,  and 
on  November  25,  1801,  was  married  to  Rachael  Howell, 
born  October  11,  1772.  He  died  November  9,  1834,  and 
she  on  January  17,  1843.  This  Jacobus  J.  Van  Nuys's 
grandmother  was  Hannah  Blackford  Randle,  who  was 
born  January  26,  1719,  and  died  July  5,  1801.  Her 
children  were 

1  Margaret  Randle.  born  July  25,  1752. 

2  Jeremiah  Randle.  born  January  8,  1759. 
Children:   (Of  Jacobus  Van  Nuys) 

I  MARGARET  VAN  NUYS,  born  September  1,  1802, 
died  in  1831. 

II  STEPHEN  VAN  NUYS,  born  June  21,  1804,  died  in 
1829. 

III  JAMES  VAN  NUYS.  born  April  7,  1806,  died  in  1847. 
He  married  Nancy  Penny,  born  August  1,  1814.  They 
lived  at  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Their  Children : 

1  RACHEL  VAN  NUYS,  deceased,  born  December  2. 
1835,  married  Cannon. 

2  SARAH  JANE  VAN  NUYS,  born  August  24,  1837. 

3  CAROLINE  VAN  NUYS,  deceased,  born  January  3, 
1840,  married White. 

4  JAMES    HENRY    VAN    NUYS,    born    November  6. 
1842,  is  living  at  Hampton,  Iowa,  as  do  his  children. 
His  wife  was  drowned  August  18,  1913. 
Children: 


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(1)  Walter  J.  Van  Nuys,  who  married  Clara  Mc 
Neill.  Their  children  are  Donald,  Dorothea, 
and  James  C. 

(2)  Lou  Emma  Van  Nuys,  who  was  a  graduate 
nurse.  She  was  drowned  at  Hampton,  August 
18,  1913. 

(3)  Florence  Van  Nuys,  who  married  Frank  Scan- 
tlebury.     One  son,  Wilbur  Scantlebury. 

5  CLARINDA  VAN  NUYS,  born  April  1G,  1845,  mar- 
ried   Taber,  and  lives  in  Denver. 

IV  MARY  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  1G,  1807,  died  in  1809. 

V  HENRY  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  9,  1809,  died  in  1831. 

VI  JOHN  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  7,  1811,  married  Cath- 
erine Wilson,  September  7,  1837.  In  1852,  they  mov- 
ed from  Ohio  to  Oregon,  with  an  ox  team.  There  they 
both  died,  he  in  1871. 

Their  Children : 

1  AMANDA  (Van  Nuys)  CRAFT,  supposed  to  be 
dead. 

2  MARY  ADA  VAN  NUYS,  (deceased)  who  married 
J.  H.  Porter. 

Their  Children : 

(1)  Ernest  E.  Porter,  born  about  1870.  and  Charles 
R.,  Floyd,  Nettie,  Harry,  Roy,  Glenn  and  Rex. 

3  SAMANTHA  ELLEN  VAN  NUYS,  who  married  J. 
D.  Wilcox,  about  1870.  They  live  at  N.  Yamhill, 
Oregon.     One  son, 

(1)    Hollis  W.  Wilcox. 

4  RUFUS  WILSON  VAN  NUYS,  who  married  Eliza- 
beth McNeill,  and  lives  at  West  Stayton,  Oregon. 
Their  Children: 

(1)  Ernest  E.  Van  Nuys,  born  April  20,  1882. 

(2)  Myrtle  (Van  Nuys)  Howard,  born  July  2G, 
1884. 

(3)  Archie  C.  Van  Nuys,  born  November  12,  1886. 

(4)  W.  Frank  Van  Nuys,  bom  April  22,  1891. 

(5)  Earl  R.  Van  Nuys,  born  November  2G,  1895. 

5  CHARLES  EDWIN  VAN  NUYS.  who  married  Jen- 
nie Tucker,  and  lives  at  Arensville,  Oregon. 

(1)    Willis  Van  Nuys,  born  about  1893. 


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(2)  Edwin  Van  Nuys. 

(3)  Lloyd  Van  Nuys,  born  about  1906. 

VII  PETER  M.  VAN  NUYS,  born  August  22,  1813,  died 
in  1836. 

VIII  AMY  M.  VAN  NUYS,  born  July  13,  1815,  died  in 
1816. 


Mrs.  Susanna  H.  Van  Nuys,  of  Los  Angeles,  California, 
widow  of  Isaac  Newton  Van  Nuys,  writes  that  her  hus- 
band, born  in  November,  1835,  was  a  son  of  Peter  Van 
Nuys,  who  married  a  Miss  Kerr,  in  New  Jersey,  and  mov- 
ed to  Danville,  New  York,  where  Isaac  Newton  was  born. 
This  family  has  aided  materially  in  the  development  of 
Los  Angeles,  and  they  have  been  prominent  in  its  busi- 
ness and  social  life.  A  hotel  and  a  suburb  bear  their 
name.  There  can  be  little  doubt  that  they  are  descend- 
ants of  Aucke  Janse  Van  Nuys,  our  earliest  ancestor  in 
America. 


Stanley  H.  Van  Nuys  of  1336  Vine  Street,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  writes: 

"My  great,  great  grandfather  Van  Nuys,  whose  name 
was  Isaac,  was  born  July  19,  1765.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Broadie  on  October  10,  1798.  He  died  November  25, 
1848. 

My  great  grandfather,  whose  name  was  William,  was 
born  April  8,  1810,  in  Rossville.  Ohio.  He  married  Selina 
Harrison,  April  23,  1828.  He  died  January  23,  1859.  The 
records  indicate  clearly  that  his  ancestors  were  from  Hol- 
land. His  (William  Van  Nuys's)  children  were:  John, 
Hezekiah,  Isaac,  Solomon,  Cornelius,  Jacob,  William,  Al- 
bert, Mattie,  and  Sadie.  John  had  one  daughter,  who  is 
not  living.  Hezekiah  had  one  son,  William,  and  one 
daughter,  who  are  living  in  Pasadena,  California.  Isaac- 
had  two  daughters  and  one  son.  One  of  the  daughters, 
Letty  Likte,  is  not  living.  The  other,  Hettie  Boren,  lives 
in  Fountain  City,  Indiana.    The  son,  Fred,  lives  in  Seattle. 

Solomon,  my  grandfather,  who  married  Jane  Ander- 
son, had  one  son,  Addalaska,  (my  father)  and  one  daugh- 
ter, Dors  Bell,  who  is  dead.    My  father  had  four  children, 


CORRECTIONS  AND  ADDITIONS  301 


Inn,  Chelcie,  Stanley  and  Lila.  Cheleie  married  Karl 
Swan,  of  Richmond,  Indiana. 

Cornelius  married  Mollie  Branden  of  Union  City,  In- 
diana. They  have  one  daughter,  who  married  a  Mr. 
Lewis. 

Jacob  married  in  Idaho  and  had  two  sons.  He  changed 
his  name  to  Van  Ness. 

William  left  home  when  quite  young  and  has  never 
been  heard  from. 

Albert  lives  in  Richmond,  Indiana,  and  has  two  child- 
ren, Winnie  and  Byrl. 

Mattie  married  Jacob  Ensley  and  had  three  children: 
One  daughter  married  Oscar  Anderson  and  has  two  sons. 
Harry  Ensley  married  Fannie  Harlan.  He  is  a  funeral 
director  in  Hagerstown.  Sadie  Ensley  married  Milton 
Harlan,  and  had  one  son,  Dever  Harlan,  an  attorney  of 
Richmond,  and  one  daughter,  who  married  Albert 
Brown."  We  hope  to  hear  how  this  branch  is  connected 
with  the  tree. 


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A  VAN  NUYS  COAT  OF  ARMS 

(see  page   i?9i') 


INDEX 

A  full  index  was  not  attempted,  owing  to  space  requir- 
ed. Chapter  divisions  and  page  headings  make  such  un- 
necessary. 

Adams— 56,  64,  66,  70,  190. 
Allen— 54,  64,  118,  174,  176,  304. 

Bandy— 71,  96. 

Banta— 19,  32,  34,  71,  76,  136,  142,  236. 

Beresford — 75,  79,  80. 

Bergen — 12,  13,  237. 

Bice — Buys — 254. 

Brace— 127,  129. 

Brown— 67,  125,  138,  212,  237. 

Canary — 57. 
Cleek — 266. 

Carnine— Canine— 33,  34,  36,  64,  73,  94,  147,  238,  276, 
290,  291,  292,  293. 
Charlton— 90,  109. 
Comingore — 22,  34,  40,  57,  60. 
Cornel— 9,  11,  17,  39. 
Covert— 13,  67,  68,  75,  76,  230,  235. 
Cunningham  62,  63,  232. 

-  Davis— 23,  52,  98,  137,  194. 
Demaree— 37,  57,  91,  94,  112.  118,  224,  298. 
DeMott— 32,  34,  36,  40,  52,  66,  146,  237,  266. 
Ditmars— 12,  13,  67,  246,  249. 

Eaton— 57,  60,  91. 

Fullenwider— 212,  213,  216,  217,  293. 
Fulton — Hutchinson — 279,  280,  283. 

Galey— 283,  294,  297. 
Green — 40,  60,  99. 


INDEX — CONTINUED 

Hadley— 169,  192,  193. 
Hankins— 196,  200,  278. 
Holland— 260,  261,  262. 
Hukill— 114,  115,  116,  138. 

Intermill,  203. 

Jacoby — 255,  256,  257. 
James — Cleek — 59,  266. 

Kurtz— 191,  192,  195. 

LaFollette— 201,  213,  214,  215. 
LaGrange— 68,  225,  227,  234,  236,  245. 
List— 225,  234,  248. 
Lowe— 21,  67. 

McCaslin— 228,  237,  246. 
McGregor— 90,  109. 

Milligan— 65,  66.      ■ 
Montfort — 19. 

Moore — 63,  66. 
Morton— 123,  124,  125. 

Nay  20,  23,  24. 

Overstreet,  245,  246. 

Paullen— 119,  120. 
Peck— 99,  131,  143,  144. 
Peter— Peters— 7,  8,  9,  81,  82,  83. 
Pierce— 106,  107,  103. 

Quick— 13,  36,  37. 

Ritchey— Ritchie— 86,  87,  233,  250. 
Rose— 186,  187,  188,  189,  190. 
Rynierse,  Rynearson — 9,  51,  52. 

Schooler— Scott— 206,  207. 

Scomp   (DeSchamp)— 33,  62,  63,  64. 

Sebern— 77,  80,  81,  196,  276. 

Smith— 149,  158,  162,  165.  219,  238,  263. 

Smock — 32,  34,  77,  235,  277. 

Terhune— 13,  15,  16,  30,  36,  39,  61,  62. 
Tumey— 41,  42,  52,  58. 


INDEX— CONTINUED 


Utterback— 23. 

VanArsdale— 13,  32,  34,  47,  52,  58,  60,  62,  63,  73,  119, 
121,  295,  298. 

Vanderveer — Vandiver — 34,  36,  57,  58,  61,  69,  120, 
293. 

VanVoorhees— (Voris,  etc.)  9,  17.  19,  26,  27,  30,  37, 
69,  75,  91,  96,  150,  229,  231,  248. 

VanBryck— (Verbrike)   33,  34,  166,  170. 

Ware— 97,  100,  101. 

Weaver— 86,  87,  88,  89. 

West— Hornbuckle— 286,  287. 

White— 48,  120,  288,  290,  300. 

Williams— 25,  43,  47,  79,  140,  236,  250,  253,  270. 

Wilson— 23,  45,  46,  62,  112,  283,  301. 

Wyckoff— 12,  17,  137. 

Young— 132,  200,  201,  202,  205,  313. 

Zerber— 117. 


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